Select your MSI file located in the SYSVOL directory (by the UNC path).Edit the GPO and go to Computer Configuration -> Policies -> Software Settings -> Software installation.Create a new policy ( CorpInstallTeams) and link it to the OU with computers you want to install the app on ( Create a GPO in this domain, and link it here).

Open the domain Group Policy Management console ( gpmc.msc).

Then create a new domain Group Policy Object to install your software. In our case, we successfully extracted the MSI and MST files from the Acrobat Reader installation EXE file.Ĭreating a GPO to Deploy Software to Domain Computers In our case, we got an MSI and MST files of Acrobat Reader from its EXE file. 7ZIP will try to open an EXE file as an archive. Start 7-Zip and select File -> 7ZIP –> Open Archive.

Another way to get an MSI file is to try to open the setup EXE file using 7-Zip.

So, then installing the program (just minimize the installation window), try to open this folder and find the installation MSI file in it.

Some EXE installers extract their files into the %temp% directory during installation.

However, in some cases, you can extract the MSI package from the EXE installation file: Most often, developers distribute them as EXE files that are not suitable for deployment through GPO.

Many apps are not provided in a form of MSI packages. You can use GPO WMI filters to filter Windows versions in Group Policies. If you still have computers running x86 versions of Windows, you will need to create a separate GPO for x86 and 圆4 computers. Please note that there are x86 and 圆4 MS Teams versions.

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