Deployment Considerations Parent topic

This section provides a summary of the different OfficeScan client installation methods to perform a fresh installation of the OfficeScan client. All installation methods require local administrator rights on the target computers.
If you are installing clients and want to enable IPv6 support, read the guidelines in OfficeScan Client Installation and IPv6 Support.

Deployment Considerations for Installation

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 except Windows Server Core 2008
No
No
Yes
No
No
High
From the Initiate Browser-based Installation page
Supported on all operating systems
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
High, if installations start at the same time
UNC-based Installations
Supported on all operating systems
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
High, if installations start at the same time
From the Remote Installation page
Supported on all operating systems except:
  • Windows Vista Home Basic and Home Premium Editions
  • Windows XP Home Edition
  • Windows 7 Home Basic/Home Premium
No
Yes
No
Yes
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
Client disk image
Supported on all operating systems
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
Security Compliance Installations
Supported on all operating systems except:
  • Windows Vista Home Basic and Home Premium Editions
  • Windows XP Home Edition
  • Windows 7 Home Basic/Home Premium
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
High
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