Installation of K2 View Flow via Group Policy
Distributing packages via Group Policy can be done on Computer or User levels. On a Computer level the software can be installed per computer on your domain. However, you would then need to assign rights for each computer. We recommend that you use the User level and create a group of the users that will require the installation. The following instructions apply to a user level If you wish to use the computer level please refer to the links at the bottom of this topic.
Creating a Group for the View Flow Users
Create an AD Group that contains all the users that will require access to the view flow. This group will be referred to as K2ViewFlowUsers in this article.
Extracting the View Flow MSI and creating a shared folder
Find the K2ViewflowDeployer.cab and extract it to a folder on the Domain controller server.
This file is located in one of the two places below:
- MOSS/WS install location:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Web Server Extensions\12\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS\K2\TaskList\K2ViewflowDeployer.cab - From a Workspace install location:
C:\Program Files\K2 blackpearl\WorkSpace\Site\TaskListControl\K2ViewflowDeployer.cab
Share this folder and give read access to the K2ViewFlowUsers group. Also modify the security settings on this folder and give read access to the K2ViewFlowUsers group.
Creating a Group Policy Object (GPO) and assigning the K2 View Flow Software installation package
The policy will take time to update on the clients. If you wish to fast track this you can run the gpupdate /force command on the client
Useful Links
Creating a group policy object (Window Server 2008)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc947817(WS.10).aspx
Troubleshooting Event Log entries relating to Group policy deployment
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc727267(WS.10).aspx
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Click on the Start button, select Administrative Tools and then select Group Policy Management |
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Right-click your domain name in the console tree and Create a GPO in this domain and Link it here… |
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Type in a name for example “K2ViewFlowGPO” and select (none) for the Source Starter GPO |
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Expand Group Policy Objects and right click on the GPO you just created |
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Under GPO Status select “All Settings Disabled” |
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On the right panel under Security Filtering Add the K2ViewFlowUsers group |
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Right click the GPO again and click Edit |
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Under User Configuration expand Policies |
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Expand Software Settings |
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Right Click Software installation |
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Click New |
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Click Package |
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Type in the UNC path of the share created under Extracting the View Flow MSI and creating a shared folder |
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Select K2ViewFlow |
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Choose Assigned |
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On the right panel right click the K2 View Flow item |
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Click the Deployment Tab |
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Check the box stating Install this application at logon |
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Select Basic under Installation user interface options |
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Close the Group Policy Management Editor window |
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Under Group Policy Objects in Group Policy Management |
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Right Click the GPO |
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Under GPO Status select “Enabled” |
