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 ZENworks Configuration Management & AdminStudio : basics

Product Code: ISCASZEN
Product Price: € 2.249,00
# Days: 4 days

Data: Location Register:
17 January - 20 January 2012 Naarden
     

Course Overview

Novell ZENworks Configuration Management (ZCM) fully supports Windows XP, Windows Vista and now Windows 7. It uses 'Windows Installer' as a preferred packaging technology. For 'Software Packaging' Novell includes Flexera's 'AdminStudio Standard Edition' which can be used to repackage applications but also create your own packages from scratch. PDS has been giving training to ZENworks administrators on using AdminStudio and Windows Installer technology since Novell started shipping AdminStudio with ZENworks as 'Software Packaging' solution about five years ago. Industry top trainers will guide you through this course making it both an enjoyable AND highly educational experience. The instructors will let you benefit from their ten+ years expertise with Novell ZENworks, Software Packaging and Software Deployment.

 

In a 4-day course they will provide you a hands-on environment in which you will gain the knowledge on Windows Installer technology, skills needed to repackage traditional setups into MSIs, rapidly customize them using AdminStudio and distribute these using ZCM. The first 2 days will be covering all the Windows Installer basics and fundamentals of packaging with AdminStudio. The last 2 days you will learn the ZENworks consequences for your packaging environment. You will be learned about all the best practices on creating Windows Bundles and providing a managed application interface to your end users, both on Windows XP as well as Windows 7. The ZENworks expertise will be provided by our partner @ MSIWisdom where PDS co-designed this course with.

 

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.  

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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 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
  • 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)