Installation_Methods

Installation Methods

This section provides a summary of the different client installation methods to perform fresh installation of the OfficeScan client. All installation methods require local administrator rights on the target computers.

Installation methods (Continued)

Installation Method/ Operating System Support

Deployment Considerations

 

WAN Deploy­ment

Cen­trally Man­aged

Requires
User Interven­tion

Requires
IT Resource

Mass deploy­ment

Bandwidth
Consumed

Web install page

Supported on all operating systems

No

No

Yes

No

No

High

Login Script Setup

Supported on all operating systems

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

High, if installa­tions start at the same time

Client Packager

Supported on all operating systems

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

Low, if sched­uled

Client Packager (MSI package deployed through Microsoft SMS)

Supported on all operating systems

Yes

Yes

Yes/No

Yes

Yes

Low, if sched­uled

Client Packager (MSI package deployed through Active Direc­tory)

Supported on all operating systems

Yes

Yes

Yes/No

Yes

Yes

High, if installa­tions start at the same time

From the OfficeScan Web console

Supported on all operating systems except:

  • Windows Vista Home Basic and Home Premium Editions

  • Windows XP Home Edition

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

High

Client disk image

Supported on all operating systems except:

  • Windows 7

  • Windows Vista

  • Windows 2008

  • 64-bit platforms

No

No

No

Yes

No

Low

Trend Micro Vulnerabil­ity Scanner (TMVS)

Supported on all operating systems except:

  • Windows Vista Home Basic and Home Premium Editions

  • Windows XP Home Edition

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

High

See also: