{"id":1172,"date":"2021-01-18T13:48:25","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T12:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ndk.sytes.net\/wordpress\/?p=1172"},"modified":"2021-01-18T13:48:25","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T12:48:25","slug":"deploy-acrobat-reader-dc-through-gpo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ndk.sytes.net\/wordpress\/?p=1172","title":{"rendered":"Deploy Acrobat Reader DC through GPO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Well this was more difficult than i thought to have an updated version installed through GPO. There are many howtos but only this worked for me. So here now the RIGHT WAY:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Download the latest enterprise version here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/get.adobe.com\/uk\/reader\/enterprise\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now save it to your local disk, open powershell and goto where the file is saved. Extract all installer files with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PS> .\\AcroRdrDC1900820071_en_US.exe -sfx_o\"C:\\AcroRdrDC_Deploy\" -sfx_ne<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Note that the filename may be different due to newer or older versions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Great! You should now have several files, including an .MSI in the extracted folder. Now go there:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PS> cd C:\\AcroRdrDC_Deploy<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Now the following step is optional and only needed if you want to customize your MSI:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Download the Adobe Customiser here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
https:\/\/www.adobe.com\/devnet-docs\/acrobatetk\/tools\/Wizard\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
After installing the Customiser, launch it and open the C:\\AcroRdrDC_Deploy\\AcroRead.msi file. Do your customisations and save the transformation file next to the MSI. This will generate a .MST file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now you need to create an AIP folder with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PS> msiexec.exe \/a AcroRead.msi<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
An installer opens up. Follow the wizard and save to a folder, e.g. C:\\AcroRdrDC_Deploy\\AIP<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Copy the .MSP update file AcroRdrDCUpdXXXXXXXXX.msp and AcroRead.mst file to C:\\AcroRdrDC_Deploy\\AIP<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When done, go to the AIP folder and execute:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PS> msiexec.exe \/a AcroReader.msi \/p AcroRdrDCUpd2001320074.msp<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
This applies the patch. Then copy the whole AIP to a network share and go to your Group Policy Management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To deploy the MSI now you need to add the software as ADVANCED<\/strong>, not ASSIGNED. Go to the Modifications tab and select the .MST file here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Launch an gpupdate \/force on your client machine and after a reboot, the latest Adobe Reader DC should be installed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Well this was more difficult than i thought to have an updated version installed through GPO. There are many howtos but only this worked for me. So here now the RIGHT WAY: Download the latest enterprise version here: https:\/\/get.adobe.com\/uk\/reader\/enterprise\/ Now save it to your local disk, open powershell and goto where the file is saved. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ndk.sytes.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ndk.sytes.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ndk.sytes.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ndk.sytes.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ndk.sytes.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1172"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ndk.sytes.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1173,"href":"https:\/\/ndk.sytes.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172\/revisions\/1173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ndk.sytes.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ndk.sytes.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ndk.sytes.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}