Deploying Automatically

To deploy automatically by pushing installations to user systems:

  1. In the Option Editor, click the Deploy Automatically tab.
    Installation availability and status for each machine appears.
  2. Under the Deploy column, select the target client machines, and groups in the Deploy column.
    Select one or more machines or groups under the Deploy column before starting the deployment process.
  3. Under Install Time, select Now to deploy immediately or Later to schedule a specific date and time for the deployment.
  4. Under Client Options, select the following:
    • Install or Upgrade SOLIDWORKS 2023
    • Uninstall SOLIDWORKS 2023
      If you select to uninstall, you can specify whether to uninstall registry entries and data files and folders along with the program files and folders.
  5. Select Reboot computer automatically if you want one or more target machines to reboot if required during or after the deployment.
  6. Enter the Client Credentials of one or more target machines.
  7. Click Deploy to start the deployment process.
In the Option Editor, Installation Status shows:

Pending

The installation has not yet run on this machine.

Successful

The installation successfully completed on this machine.

Failed

The installation on this machine failed.

Other status messages that might display are: Installed Successfully, Uninstalled Successfully, Scheduling, Connecting, Installing, Uninstalling, Requires Reboot, Install Scheduled, Uninstall Scheduled, Install Failed, Uninstall Failed, Connection Failed, and Scheduling Failed.