Installing the Outlook 2010 Plug-In by Group Policy

Alternatively, you can install the Outlook 2010 Plug-In on a single client machine.

Note.pngThis task should be performed by your system administrator.

Before your system administrator pushes out the Outlook 2010 Plug-In, ensure that you have installed the FullTextSearch, database scripts, and web services.

 

Ensure that you have the following prerequisites are installed on each computer in which you plan on installing the Outlook Plug-In:

Note.pngWhen users first open Outlook after the installation, they will be asked to accept and install the certificate. If you would like to bypass this step for the users, please install the intermediate certificate here: https://search.thawte.com/support/ssl-digital-certificates/index?page=content&id=AR1406

To install the Outlook 2010 Plug-In by Group Policy:

1.    Navigate to the following path:
...\Personify\Releases\AddOn\Outlook\2010\1.0.0\PersonifyOutlook2010AddIn_Installer

2.    Create a network shared folder for the installation files and install scripts.

3.    Extract the following files from the folder above to your network shared folder: PersonifyOutlookAddInSetup.zip and PersonifyOutlookAddInSetupOffice64bit.zip.

4.    Create the following batch files and save them to the network shared folder created in step 2:

Process

Text

Clears cached setting if plug-in has been previously installed.

if exist c:\users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\PersonifyOutlookAddin1.xml del C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\PersonifyOutlookAddin1.xml /f /q

Installs the plug-in.

  • For Active Directory Authentication:

C:\Temp\plugin\PersonifyOutlookAddInSetup\setup.exe /quiet /lv c:\OutlookPlugin.txt DefaultWebServiceUri=http: //[URI]/ TARGETDIR="C:\users\Public\TMA Resources" CNAME="[name]" Organization="[name]" OrganizationUnit="[OU]" AuthenticationType="ActiveDirectory"

  • For Personify Authentication:

C:\Temp\plugin\PersonifyOutlookAddInSetup\setup.exe /quiet /lv c:\OutlookPlugin.txt DefaultWebServiceUri=http: //[URI]/ TARGETDIR="C:\users\Public\TMA Resources" CNAME="[name]" Organization="[name]" OrganizationUnit="[OU]" AuthenticationType="Personify" Username="[admin]" Password="[1nf0c0n1]"

Closes the batch file.

exit

5.    Create a Group Policy object that calls the following batch file that will be executable on the client:
The following table describes each piece of the group policy object. Replace the values in brackets [ ] with the appropriate information.

Process

Text

This line determines if the plug-in is currently  installed and exits if it is.

If exist "C:\Users\Public\TMA Resources\Personify Outlook 2010 Add-In 32-bit\Personify Outlook 2010 Add-In.dll" exit

This line creates a temporary folder on the client PC to hold the installation files.

md c:\temp\plugin

This copies the installation filed to the temp folder.

copy \\[ServerName]\[Shared Folder]\ c:\temp\plugin

Changes the working directory to the temp folder.

cd C:\temp\outplugpreqs\

Determines if Outlook is 32 or 64 bit and runs the appropriate installer.

if exist "c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\Outlook.exe" install64.bat

if not exist "c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\Outlook.exe" install32.bat

Removes the temporary folders and files.

rmdir c:\temp\plugin /s /q

Closes the batch file.

exit

This code will install the Outlook 2010 Plug-In without any user interaction and will create a log file on the install.

Note.pngFor specific instructions on creating a Group Policy object, please see Microsoft for support.