Publishing the Add-Ins in Active Directory

This section describes the steps to publish the Outlook Add-In or HTTP-only Outlook Add-In using Active Directory Group Policy.

To publish in Active Directory

  1. Copy the appropriate MSI file from the Enterprise Vault distribution media to the network share from which you want it to be distributed:

  2. Click Start, Programs, Administrative Tools, Active Directory Users and Computers.

  3. In the left panel, navigate to the Organizational Unit to which you want to make the Add-Ins available.

  4. Right-click the Organizational Unit and, on the shortcut menu, click Properties.

  5. Click the Group Policy tab.

  6. Click New.

  7. Enter a name for the new Group Policy Object, for example, "EV Desktop Rollout".

  8. Click Edit. The Group Policy window appears.

  9. In the left pane, under Computer Configuration, expand Software Settings.

  10. Right-click Software installation and, on the shortcut menu, click New and then Package.

  11. Type in the UNC path of the MSI file that you copied in step 1, for example, \\mycomputer\distribute, and then click Open.

    The Deploy Software window opens.

  12. Select Assigned and click OK.

    The new package appears in the list of software installations.

  13. Close the Group Policy window.

    The new package will be installed when each user's computer is restarted.