Deploying Client Software Through Microsoft SMS

It is possible to install Windows NT and Windows 95/98 OfficeScan Corporate Edition clients through Microsoft's System Management Server on a Windows NT 4.0 platform.

You must install the Microsoft BackOffice System Management Server (SMS) software to your Windows NT Server in order to deploy client software in this manner.

To install OfficeScan Client software through Microsoft SMS:

  1. Open the Windows NT 4.0 SMS Administrator utility
  2. Click File > New > Package from the SMS Administrator's main menu. The Microsoft SMS Package Properties window will open.
  3. Click the Import button. Browse to the OfficeScan server on your network. The package description file (PDF) for installing the OfficeScan client is called setup.pdf. The PDF file for the Windows NT client software is located at \PCCNT\disk1 and the PDF file for installing the Windows 95/98 clients is located at \PCC95\disk1. Select the PDF for the version of the client that you want to install and click the OK button.
  4. The description of the PDF file will be displayed as either "OfficeScan NT 3.5" or "OfficeScan 95 3.5" in the SMS Administrator Package Properties configuration window.You must now enter the source for the installation files into the SMS Administrator. Click on the Workstations button in the SMS Administrator Package Properties window and browse for the network location of the installation source files.
  5. The SMS package has now been created and will appear in the SMS Administrator Packages window. All that remains to be done is to choose the workstations where you want to install the client software.
  6. There is a browsing window within the SMS Administrator that displays workstations on the network. Drag the SMS package that you have just created and drop it on the target workstation. The Job Details configuration window will open.
  7. Configure the job details to customize your client software installation. The settings in the Run Phase window allow you to schedule the installation of your software.
  8. After successfully configuring the job, the installation will be pending and will appear in the SMS Administrator's Jobs window.