How do I distribute an exe with SCCM 2012?

[griffindodd]

I've been trying to self-teach my tiny brain to use SCCM 2012, so far with the help of this forum I am doing pretty well and have managed to successfully deploy a few MSI based applications.

 

Now I would like to learn how to package and deploy and application that uses an EXE installer rather than MSI.

 

Do I need to write a .bat script with switches and then zip it up with the EXE?

 

My example file I am using is for Adobe Reader 10.1.1 - AdbeRdr1011_en_US.exe. I would like to deploy this sliently to all users on my local network. According to Adobe's documentation to do a silent install I need to issue the following command switch...

 

AdbeRdr1011_en_US.exe /sAll

 

I have verified this indeed works and performs a completely silent install.

 

How do I then package and deploy this script and EXE?

[mcalliso]

Id like an answer to this as well

[Tjindarr]

I did a quick search and couldn´t find anything so i messed around a little and it wasn´t to hard so i wrote this.

 

http://tjindarr.wordpress.com/2012/03/30/deploy-exe-files-as-a-msi-deployment-type/

[anyweb]

that link doesn't work

[Peter van der Woude]

That link doesn't work, because the real one has a typo in it : http://tjindarr.wordpress.com/2012/03/30/deploy-exe-files-as-a-msu-deployment-type/

 

Basicly it comes down to creating a new application and manually specifying the information.

[Tjindarr]

Sorry about the typo.

 

A MSI file is better in every way but this is just in case. I work for a industrial company and it alot of the appliactions we use for our machines are very old. You know the 256 bit setup background picture with a guy in a hardhat holding a wrench...

 

And with this i can almosr create my own MSI deployment within SCCM awsome!!