<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I haven't gotten into any updaters yet, but can't we just run composer and have it look for new and modified files, install all the updaters to MS Office, and then push the resulting package as a "slipstreamed" update.<div><br></div><div>I only ask because I was just about to do that for MS Office and though someone else might have done this before.<br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#8776B3" size="4"><b style="color: rgb(135, 118, 179); font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; "><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">Ryan Harter</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#8776B3" size="2">UW - Stevens Point</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#8776B3" size="2">Workstation Developer</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#8776B3" size="2">715.346.2716</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="mailto:Ryan.Harter@uwsp.edu"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); ">Ryan.Harter@uwsp.edu</span></font></a></div></span> </div><br><div><div>On Nov 4, 2008, at 9:55 AM, <a href="mailto:sean.hansell@jwt.com">sean.hansell@jwt.com</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">The way I've managed this is by chaining policies based on smart-groups tagge to Application version.</font> <br> <br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">In your case for instance, I have a smart-group whose members consist of computers running 12.1.1, and 12.1.2 (Our Office 2008 package is 12.1.1). A policy is in place to deploy 12.1.3 to that members of that smart group (make sure to remember to add "Update Inventory" to the advanced tab in the polciy.</font> <br> <br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Then you can create a simliar smart group of users that have 12.1.3, and create a policy to deploy 12.1.4 to members of that second smart group.</font> <br> <br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Users that have any version prior to 12.1.3 will not get 12.1.4 until they are updated to 12.1.3, as they move from one smart group to the second; "Slipstreaming", as you say. In practice the whole process happens relatively quickly and efficiently.</font> <br> <br><span><ATT00001.jpg></span><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><br> </font> <pre></pre><p><span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: Arial">This transmission is intended solely for the person or organization to whom it is addressed and it may contain privileged and confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient you should not copy, distribute or take any action in reliance on it. If you believe you received this transmission in error please notify the sender.</span></p> <span><ATT00002.txt></span></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>