MicroStation CONNECT Edition Deployment Image

MicroStation CONNECT Edition can be Installed and updated in a number of different ways, the purpose of this article is to provide information on ‘Deployment images‘

What is a Deployment Image?

The deployment image is created by the system administrators for installing the application with the same installation configuration on multiple machines. The installation configuration includes the installation location, features, shortcuts, and so on. Once created, you will be able to double-click Setup.exe available in the deployment image to install the application with the set configuration without the need of any user interaction or internet connection for component downloads. The deployment image folder can also be moved to a shared location so that all users of the organization can directly execute the installation from there; the administrator can use this shared location in the Software Distribution System for installation of the product.

The deployment image can be shared in the network as a UNC path or pushed using SMS/SCCM.

 

Why Create One?

Conceptually, the deployment image can be considered as a pre-configured offline installer. Following are the advantages of using a deployment image:

• Internet connection is not required.
• Separate pre-requisite pack or set of packages before installing product are not required.
• The installation location can be decided and set in deployment image. Once defined, the product will be installed at the same location on all the machines.
• The components to be installed are preselected at the time of creating deployment image. This results in all machines having exactly same set of installations.

Please check with your Site Administrator or IT department before creating any Deployment Images as they may already exist and can provide access.

Here are some further resources to help you with understanding Deployment Images, be sure to check out New Installations (Single Users) for additional trouble shooting

    

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