ZENworks Configuration Manager - Adminstudio: basics

Course Overview
 
This 4 day course will provide you with a hands-on environment where you will gain the basic knowledge on MSI technology, Windows Installer Service, skills needed to repackage traditional setups into MSIs, rapidly customize them using AdminStudio and distribute these using Novell ZENworks.

The first two days will be covering all the Windows Installer basics & fundamentals of packaging with AdminStudio. The last 2 days you will learn the ZENworks consequences for your packaging environment.

Intended Audience

ZENworks administrators & ZENworks specialists (3.2 and up).

 
Course Delivery
The following course sections and topics will be covered in the class. If you have a specific area that you think might need extra attention, mention it to your instructor on the first day of class.  

Introduction

• ZENWorks, AdminStudio

What is MSI?

• Technology behind Windows Installer
• Making sense of Windows Installer 
• MSI, MST, MSP, MSM
• msiexec parameters, Windows service
• ORCA
   

AdminStudio

AdminStudio ZCM edition

• Tuner
• Repackager
• Editor
• Distribution wizard

AdminStudio Full version

• InstallShield Professional
• Conflict solver
• Quality monitor
   

ZENworks and MSI
 

• ZENworks for Desktops 4.0, 6.5, 7.0, ZCM; the differences and similarities between
• ZENworks versions regarding MSI 
• ZENworks Imaging
• ZENworks, Group Policies and MSI 
• ZENworks and Thin Client
  (Citrix, Terminal Server)

 
 ZENworks and MSI – exercises & practical examples

Tuning

• Adobe Acrobat Professional and Adobe Reader deployment 
• McAfee VirusScan 
• Microsoft Office deployment 
• J2RE 
• ZENworks agents 
• GroupWise 7
• OpenOffice
• Adobe Shockwave and Flash
   

Repackaging
 

• Firefox
   

Troubleshooting

• User interface sequence
• Interface level 
• MSI error codes
• MSI Logfile viewer
• ZENworks error logging
• Self repair
• Elevated privileges, administrative rights (installing and running applications)