The Best Damn Windows Server 2003 Book Period- P66:The latest incarnation of Microsoft’s server product,Windows Server 2003, brings many new features and improvements that make the network administrator’s job chapter will briefly summarize what’s new in 2003 and introduce you to the four members of the Windows Server 2003 family: the Web Edition, the Standard Edition, the Enterprise Edition, and the Datacenter Edition. | 616 Chapter 18 Deploying Software via Group Policy When you select an extension you also have to consider some type of order since there are applications that have the same extension for the main Up and Down buttons determine application preference. The Categories Tab The Categories tab has the option to create categories so that published applications will be easier to find in the Add Remove Programs applet from Control Panel. Figure shows the Categories tab. Figure Categories Tab The Add button allows you to specify new categories. Categories help in finding software installations for is especially helpful when software is published so that users do not have to scroll through the entire list of available software. Upgrading Applications For most applications there will occasionally be upgrades released to address issues with the existing version. The software deployment tools available with Group Policy allow you to maintain control over upgrades by linking the upgrade package together with the original application package. Figure shows the Upgrades tab in the Properties of an application. Deploying Software via Group Policy Chapter 18 617 Figure Software Upgrades Tab The Upgrades tab shows you packages that this package will upgrade while the bottom pane shows other packages that will be affected by this package. Use the Add button to associate this package with the package it is replacing. A good rule of thumb is to use version numbers or exact names with application upgrades to keep things easy to administer. Generally when software is deployed as an upgrade the user is prompted to install the upgrade or the user can select to wait until later if he or she is busy and wants to delay the installation. As we saw earlier most software installation packages will come from the software manufacturer. These are known as natively authored packages. With natively authored packages there can be a declared upgrade relationship .
