Course Content

Securing MSI Services and Packages 

• Windows Installer Service Policies
• Software Restriction Policies
• How Administrative Privileges Work
• Managed Packages
• Packaging for Users who Have Admin Rights 
• Preventing Users From Installing Corporate Software at Home or at Other Companies
  

Building The Repository

• Repository Replication
• Repository Mapping Alternatives
• MSI Directory Structure Requirements
• Traffic and Disk Space Estimation

Distribution Systems and MSI 

• Elevated Privileges Coordination 
• Special Installation Accounts
• Source Lists
• Trickle Distribution

Managing Clients and Installed Packages 

• Converting Per-User Installs to Per-Machine 
• Server and Terminal Server Packaging Tips 
• Windows Installer Version History
• Upgrading Windows Installer
• WMIC For Package Management
• Considerations for User Self-Service Installs

Configuring SMS and DFS for MSI 

• Interoperability with DFS for Packaging 
• Deploying Packages
• Setting Up Packages
• Using SMS for replicating a DFS share.

Source List Management 

• Strategies for Source List Management.
• Updating Current Source List Entries on all Computers.
• Infrastructure and Client Management Techniques.

Labs Include: Reconfiguring Source Lists for Installed Packages. Embedding Security Controls in Packages. Windows Installer Policy Configuration. Migrating from Per-User Installs  And More...