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The Specops Deploy Server service is unable to create a Service Connection Point (SCP) for Specops Deploy in Active Directory because access was denied. The SVC_SD (Deploy Service Account) does not have the correct permissions on the computer object of the feedback server in AD. Possible solution Open Active Directory Users and Computers. Navigate to...

Many customers have asked me how to deploy Office 365 so I’ve put together this how-to guide showing how to deploy the application Office 365 Click-to-Run with Specops Deploy App. First you need to download Office 2016 deployment tool for Click-to-Run. https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj219422.aspx Start the deployment tool and it will extract 2 files, one setup.exe file...

In Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio on the Specops database server: Make a backup of the Specops3 database, so you’ll get a Specops3.bak file. In Services on the Specops Deploy App server: Stop the Specops Deploy App service. Upgrade SQL on the Specops Database server or install it on a new server if it’s going...

Application management has never been easier – at least according to us. Our application distribution platform, otherwise known as Specops Deploy / App, leverages existing infrastructure and offers a Group Policy based approach to application management. You’re hooked, and naturally interested in some product reviews. But before you see what everyone is raving about, let’s...

Many customers have been asking us how to upgrade the Specops Deploy client side extensions with Group Policy Software Installation. To make life easier for our beloved customers I decided to write a step-by-step guide on how to do this. Enjoy! Step 1: Create a new folder for the new client side extensions Go to...

In this blog post I will walkthrough how you can use Specops Deploy to use an English (en-US) image in different parts of your organization with additional languages like Swedish or German. Here’s what you will need: Specops Deploy version 6.2.17129.1 or later MDT version 6.3.8443.1000 ADK version 10.1.15063.0 Windows 10 1703.1 enterprise x64 media...

Specops Deploy is using BITS to transfer files from the Server to the Client before installation. To speed up the transfer it’s possible to increase the priority of the BITS Job by modifying the Deployments.XML file. It does happen sometime that for example Windows Update is using BITS and Specops Deploy have to wait for...

To enable users to bypass their lack of administrative rights, many applications, such as Dropbox, Spotify, and OneDrive, are installed in the AppData profile directory. For administrators, this is a security hole, and for users, it is an inconvenience. Take the OneDrive sync client for example (the Next Generation Sync Client which has merged the...

I recently upgraded my home environment to Deploy 5.0 to take advantage of deploying Windows 8.1 clients. If you are a Deploy customer that has already done this, you already know that you need to upgrade Microsoft Deployment Tool Kit from 2012 Update 1 to 2013. In an effort to save time, I did an in...

This may not be the best title for this post. Deleting Orphaned Deployments may be the solution, but it is surely not the problem. The technique described here is something that you can use in other situations where an XML file is involved. The scenario that drove the writing of this post is, of course,...