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Auto Install Rocket.Chat Client on All Windows PCs #970

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SammyMR opened this issue May 3, 2017 · 9 comments · Fixed by #1734
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Auto Install Rocket.Chat Client on All Windows PCs #970

SammyMR opened this issue May 3, 2017 · 9 comments · Fixed by #1734

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@SammyMR
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SammyMR commented May 3, 2017

Rocket.Chat Version: Version 2.6.1
Running Instances: MongoDB V3.2.9
DB Replicaset OpLog:
Node Version: v0.10.26

Please add a setup (.msi) with group policy object (GPO) for Windows Domain Controller to auto install Rocket.Chat client on all Windows PCs in a company network. And it would be cool when the .msi file could be installed for all users (not only one user or admin on a pc)-

@geekgonecrazy
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Feature request for the desktop client. Please open an issue if there isn't one already on that repo: https://github.com/rocketchat/rocket.chat.electron/issues

@LorneMalvoX
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Hello,
I'm a SysAdmin and I need to deploy the client app through a Windows Domain. I'm agree with SammyMR, we need a MSI package for a quick deployment in a company.

Thanks and greetings.

@geekgonecrazy geekgonecrazy transferred this issue from RocketChat/Rocket.Chat Nov 6, 2018
@tassoevan tassoevan reopened this Nov 6, 2018
@crbreingan
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crbreingan commented Nov 6, 2018

I agree that this feature is needed. We want to use this in an enterprise, and so we need to be able to install the product headlessly through domain GPOs. I think an MSI is probably the only supported installer type for domain GPO.

@tassoevan
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Forgive my ignorance, but does the MSI option replace flawlessly some options of the EXE setup? AFAIK some command-line flags will not be available.

@crbreingan
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An MSI can fully replace an EXE. You create the GUI for MSI, and name each field in the UI. MSI has a built in headless mode that will use default values for all options on the GUI, or default options can be over-ridden on the command line by specifying the field name.

@tassoevan
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To be honest, we have to think more about it. I believe we have to fully support enterprise setups and our dependency on electron-builder and electron-updater was proven to be a huge miscalculation in this context. Keep all current options available and up to date is hard; I think this little section expose all my concerns about supporting a new setup option.

@tassoevan tassoevan added this to the Long-term milestone Nov 12, 2018
@LittleNo
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same here, would love to see this feature

@gennari-dkt
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Hello,
any news about MSI installer for deploying in a Windows domain?

Very kind regards.

Ale

@tassoevan tassoevan modified the milestones: Long-term, 2.18.0 Dec 2, 2019
@nexidus
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nexidus commented Jan 20, 2020

I hope the MSI will be there soon. It would make our job as sysadmin a lot easier.

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