Automatic
deployment is effective for users without administrative privileges, as it ensures software
installation can proceed seamlessly..
To use automatic deployment, both the client and server must belong to the same Active
Directory domain. This configuration allows installation tasks to be pushed to target
machines, where they are carried out by the Microsoft Task Scheduler without requiring
any user actions.
With a push installation, the Task Scheduler runs a task that starts the
SOLIDWORKS Installation Manager on a client machine using credentials specified by an
administrator in the Options Editor. The Task Scheduler runs under the computer's
LocalSystem account. This account is represented on the network as a computer security
principle. The computer security principle must have the following access:
- Read access to the Admin Images folder.
- Read and write access to the Admin Images folder\x64\logs
folder.
In Active Directory, when you add a computer to a group of a Shared Folder, select Object
Types and Computers.
In addition, the computer serving the administrative image and the target
client machines must be members of the same Active Directory domain.