Microsoft KB Archive/323886

= How To Deploy the .NET Framework in a Group Policy Object in Active Directory =

Article ID: 323886

Article Last Modified on 7/1/2004

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft .NET Framework 1.0
 * Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1

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This article was previously published under Q323886



IN THIS TASK
SUMMARY
 * Set-up
 * Extract the Files
 * Create the Deployment Package

MORE INFORMATION
 * Service Packs

REFERENCES



SUMMARY
This step-by-step article demonstrates how to deploy the .NET Framework in a Group Policy Object in Active Directory.

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Set-up
The Active Directory server and the client computers must be running Windows Installer, version 2.0 or later. For additional information about how to install the Windows Installer engine, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

292539 INFO: MSI: How to Obtain the Windows Installer Engine

You must have a share on the Active Directory server that permits Read access for all users in the domain.

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Extract the Files
Extract the files from Dotnetfxredist.exe to the shared folder. To do this, type the following at a command prompt, and then press ENTER:

\DOTNETFX.EXE /T:&quot; /C

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Create the Deployment Package
To create a package for the .NET Framework, and to deploy the package to every member computer in the Group Policy Object, follow these steps:
 * 1) On the Start menu, click Run, type mmc, and then click OK.
 * 2) On the File menu, click Add/Remove Snap-in.
 * 3) In the Add/Remove Snap-in dialog box, click Add.
 * 4) Click the Group Policy option in the Available Standalone Snap-in list, and then click Add.
 * 5) Click Finish; do not change the default settings.
 * 6) In the Add Standalone Snap-in dialog box, click Close.
 * 7) In the Add/Remove Snap-in dialog box, click OK.
 * 8) Expand Default Domain Policy, expand Computer Configuration, and then expand Software Settings.
 * 9) Right-click Software installation, click New, and then click Package.
 * 10) In the File name text box, type \\ \ \netfx.msi, and then click Open.
 * 11) In the Deploy Software dialog box, leave the package Assigned, and then click OK.

The software is assigned to all members of the Group Policy Object. The next time each client computer restarts, the client will receive the assigned package.

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Service Packs
You can apply service packs to the Netfx.msi file in the shared folder. For more information about how to apply patches, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

Patching and Upgrades

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/patching_and_upgrades.asp

NOTE: If you patch the .NET Framework that you deployed from Active Directory, you must force a reinstall of the .NET Framework either from the Group Policy Object snap-in on the Active Directory server or from Control Panel on the client computers.

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