@ECHO OFF c: cd \ msiexec /qn /i \\ \apps\SBACSecureBrowser6.3-Win.msi REBOOT=ReallySuppress exit

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1 The Third Party Software Deployment feature of SyAM Management Utilities can be used to perform a silent deployment of Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium Secure Browser to Windows machines. Requirements: Obtain the correct installation file from SBAC. This installation procedure will suppress any reboot called for by the installation, so the product may not be completely installed until after the next system restart. Create a batch file to perform the installation using OFF c: cd \ msiexec /qn /i \\ \apps\SBACSecureBrowser6.3-Win.msi REBOOT=ReallySuppress exit Please note that the line beginning with the msiexec command is a single line that ends with the parameter REBOOT=ReallySuppress. In your batch script, this line must not contain line breaks. In your batch file, substitute your Default Application Path for the one shown above in bold. Save the batch file (in our example, we ll call it securebrowser.bat) then copy both the batch file and the installation.msi file to the directory that is specified by the Default Application Path on the Administration Settings page of Management Utility. In Management Utility, create a Third Party template. Enter a template name. Choose Windows as the target platform and select the correct authentication template. Enter the path to the network share containing the batch file and installation.msi file; this path will already be present if the default path has been entered in Administration Settings. Click the Find Files button and choose the batch file from the drop down menu. 1

2 Click the Add button. Click the Save Changes button. Click OK to confirm. Now you can test deployment to a single system. Select a system in the Groups area. Click the system row, then right-click to display the context menu. From the menu, choose Deploy Third Party Software. 2

3 In the New Task box, choose the Windows authentication template and the newly created SBAC Secure Browser deployment template. Click OK. 3

4 On the Add/Edit a Job page, click the Run Job button, then click OK to confirm. The installation will begin shortly. 4

5 After the job is finished, you may review the status by finding the job in the Status area and clicking the View Details link. 5

6 Once you have deployed successfully on a single machine, you can use the Groups context menu options to deploy the application to multiple client machines. Deployment jobs can be configured to run on a regular schedule by clicking the Configure Schedule button on the Add/Edit A Job page. When performing Third Party software deployment with Management Utilities, we encounter a limitation when using a batch file as we do in this procedure. Success is reported when the batch file is run on the target machine, but we can t be sure that the software was properly installed. We can use SyAM System Area Manager to report the software applications that are installed on individual machines or groups of machines. There will be some delay as the list of installed applications will be updated on the next scheduled synchronization of the System Client and System Area Manager. In System Area Manager, use the drop down menu at upper right to navigate to the Report page. Choose the report type Application Summary. Click the Generate HTML button. 6

7 The report will be displayed in a popup window. Scroll down to view the Secure Browser in the list of installed applications. 7

8 Here, the Application Summary report shows that we have three systems with Secure Browser 6.0, and two systems with version 6.3. The Asset List report can be used to produce a list of machines where the software is installed or not installed. A particular version can be specified. For example, we ll choose Asset List from the Report Type menu, and we ll report on the entire group. Enable filtering by clicking Report on all systems that and then under Filter 1, click meet the following to set the sense of the filter. In the Filter 1 menu we ll choose Installed Applications. In the Contains box we ll type in sbac (the search is case-insensitive) and we ll check the version box and specify the latest version. Click the Generate HTML button to produce the report. 8

9 This report shows the two systems that have the latest version installed. We can also produce a report of all systems in our group where no version of the application is installed. This time, we ll enable the filter once again by clicking Report on all systems that but we ll change the sense of the filter by clicking DO NOT meet the following. Again we choose Installed Applications from the drop down menu, we enter sbac in the contains box, but we won t specify a version. The report shows any systems in our group where the application is not installed. 9

10 By setting up a regularly scheduled job in Management Utilities to perform application deployment, target systems that may not be available at a particular time will be retried on the next scheduled run. You can then use System Area Manager reporting to show the progress of deployment. Any systems where deployment is not successful after some number of attempts can be identified, and problems preventing deployment can be resolved on the individual systems. 10