Creating a software package

In Software Center, you can track its deployment status and install it before the deadline. If multiple users are signed into the device, package and task sequence deployments may not appear in Software Center.

Send wake-up packets : If you set the deployment purpose to Required and select this option, the site first sends a wake-up packet to computers at the installation deadline time.

Allow clients on a metered Internet connection to download content after the installation deadline, which might incur additional costs. When you deploy a package and program, the option to Pre-deploy software to the user's primary device isn't available.

On the Scheduling page, configure when to deploy this package and program to client devices. The options on this page vary depending on whether you set the deployment action to Available or Required. For Required deployments, configure the rerun behavior for the program from the Rerun behavior drop-down menu.

Choose from the following options:. Allow users to run the program independently of assignments : Users can install this software from Software Center regardless of any scheduled installation time. Software installation : Allows the software to be installed outside of any configured maintenance windows. System restart if required to complete the installation : If the software installation requires a device restart to finish, allow this action to happen outside of any configured maintenance windows.

Embedded devices : When you deploy packages and programs to Windows Embedded devices that are write-filter-enabled, you can specify that they install packages and programs on the temporary overlay and commit changes later.

Alternately, commit the changes on the installation deadline or during a maintenance window. When you commit changes on the installation deadline or during a maintenance window, a restart is required, and the changes persist on the device. When you deploy a package or program to a Windows Embedded device, make sure that the device is a member of a collection that has a configured maintenance window.

For more information about how maintenance windows are used when you deploy packages and programs to Windows Embedded devices, see Creating Windows Embedded applications.

Deployment options : Specify the action that a client when it uses a distribution point in its current boundary group. Also select the action for the client when it uses a distribution point from a neighbor boundary group or the default site boundary group.

If you configure the deployment option to Run program from distribution point , make sure to enable the option to Copy the content in this package to a package share on distribution points on the Data Access tab of the package properties. Otherwise the package is unavailable to run from distribution points. Allow clients to use distribution points from the default site boundary group : When this content isn't available from any distribution point in the current or neighbor boundary groups, enable this option to let them try distribution points in the site default boundary group.

View the deployment in the Deployments node of the Monitoring workspace and in the details pane of the package deployment tab when you select the deployment. For more information, see Monitor packages and programs. To monitor package and program deployments, use the same procedures that you use to monitor applications as detailed in Monitor applications. Packages and programs also include a number of built-in reports, which enable you to monitor information about the deployment status of packages and programs.

For more information about how to configure reporting in Configuration Manager, see Introduction to reporting. Select the package that you want to manage, and then choose a management task. Use this file to manually import the package to a remote distribution point.

This action is useful when you have low network bandwidth between the site server and the distribution point. Opens the Export Package Wizard , to export the selected package and its content to a file. Use this file to import the file to another hierarchy. Opens the Deploy Software Wizard , to deploy the selected package and program to a collection.

For more information, see Deploy packages and programs. Opens the Distribute Content Wizard , to send the content for a package and program to selected distribution points or distribution point groups. Opens the Import Package Wizard , to import a previously exported package from a. Starting in version , when you import an object in the Configuration Manager console, it now imports to the current folder.

Previously, Configuration Manager always put imported objects in the root node. Package Conversion Manager. Skip to main content. This browser is no longer supported. Download Microsoft Edge More info.

Contents Exit focus mode. Is this page helpful? A software can be removed with its preferences. The shell script below is an example for an uninstallation script, used to remove a software application with its dependent files from multiple computers. Most vendors provide the script for uninstallation, if you write a script of your own, then it is recommended to test it before it is added to the software package.

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