To assign a deployment to a computer

1. Start the Group Policy Management Console (gpmc.msc).
2. Right-click the organizational unit where you want to create the group policy object. Then select Create and Link a GPO Here and name the Group Policy.
3. Edit the policy.
4. In the Group Policy Object Editor dialog box, under Software Settings, right-click Software Installation, and click New Package.
5. In the Open dialog box, navigate to the administrative image’s location that you specified in the deployment wizard. Navigate to AdminImage\<processor type>\<product name folder>. The processor type is either x86 or x64, depending on the processor type for which you created your deployment.

   Examples
   For x86 deployments: \\server123\Deployment\AdminImage\x86\acad
   For x64 deployments: \\server123\Deployment\AdminImage\x64\acad

6. Select the Windows Installer Packages file called acad-<deployment name>-for-GPO.msi. Click Open.

   If the deployment was called “AutoCAD 2011 32 bit,” then the deployment’s the MSI file would be acad-AutoCAD 2011 32 bit-for-GPO.msi.

   

7. In the Deploy Software dialog box, select Advanced and click OK.

   

8. In the Properties dialog box, Modifications tab, click Add.

   

9. In the Open dialog box, select the Transform Package file called acad-<deployment name>.mst). Click Open.
10. In the Properties dialog box, Modifications tab, click Add.
11. In the Open dialog box, navigate to <deployment location>\Tools and select the Transform Package file called gpo.mst.

    

    After clicking Open, the Properties dialog should look like the following:

    

12. Click OK to complete the package.

Adding a Language Pack

Next, you will need add a language pack to your package.

To add a language pack

1. In the Group Policy Object Editor dialog box, under Software Settings, right-click Software Installation for the same object, and then click New Package.
2. In the Open dialog box, navigate to the administrative image’s location you specified in the deployment wizard. Navigate to AdminImage\<processor type>\<locale>\acad. Click Open.

   The <locale> used in the examples is en-us for US English.

   Examples
   For x86 deployments: \\server123\Deployment\AdminImage\x86\en-us\acad
   For x64 deployments: \\server123\Deployment\AdminImage\x64\en-us\acad

3. In the Deploy Software dialog box select Advanced and click OK.
4. In the <product name> Properties dialog box, Modifications tab, click Add.
5. In the Open dialog box, select the Transform Package file called acad-<deployment name>.mst located at AdminImage\<processor type>\acad. Click Open.
6. In the <product name> Properties dialog box, Modifications tab, click Add.
7. In the Open dialog box, navigate to <deployment location>\Tools and select the Transform Package file called gpo.mst.

   After clicking Open, the Properties dialog box should resemble to the following:

8. 

9. Click OK to complete the package.

Your final group policy object should resemble the following:

The group policy object is now assigned to all computers that are members of the organizational unit for which the group policy object has been created. The next time a computer in the organizational unit is restarted, the program will be installed and will be available for all users of the computer. See Verify a Group Policy Deployment to confirm that the group policy has been created correctly.