Deploying Stamps.com Enterprise


SyAM Management Utilities can be used for silent deployment of Stamps.com Enterprise to client systems.

Requirements: Obtain installation files from Stamps.com for their Enterprise product versions. Consult Stamps.com documentation to determine which version should be installed (with no plug-ins or with all possible plug-ins, per-user or per-machine). This 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 msiexec. In our example we will use the installation file that installs version 10.5 with no plug-ins, per user:

@ECHO OFF

c:

cd \

msiexec /qn /i \\192.168.100.158\apps\StampsAdmin.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. The command may be broken into more than one line in this document, but in the batch file it should not contain line breaks.

In your batch file, substitute your Default Application Path for the one shown above in italics.

Save the batch file (in our example, we’ll call it stamps-install.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 the Management Utilitiy.

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.

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.


In the New Task box, choose the Windows authentication template and the newly created Stamps.com Enterprise deployment template. Click OK.







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










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







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.