Rocket.chat.electron: Auto Install Rocket.Chat Client on All Windows PCs

[SammyMR]

Rocket.Chat Version: Version 2.6.1
Running Instances: MongoDB V3.2.9
DB Replicaset OpLog:
Node Version: v0.10.26

Please add a setup (.msi) with group policy object (GPO) for Windows Domain Controller to auto install Rocket.Chat client on all Windows PCs in a company network. And it would be cool when the .msi file could be installed for all users (not only one user or admin on a pc)-

[geekgonecrazy]

Feature request for the desktop client. Please open an issue if there isn't one already on that repo: https://github.com/rocketchat/rocket.chat.electron/issues

[LorneMalvoX]

Hello,
I'm a SysAdmin and I need to deploy the client app through a Windows Domain. I'm agree with SammyMR, we need a MSI package for a quick deployment in a company.

Thanks and greetings.

[crbreingan]

I agree that this feature is needed. We want to use this in an enterprise, and so we need to be able to install the product headlessly through domain GPOs. I think an MSI is probably the only supported installer type for domain GPO.

[tassoevan]

Forgive my ignorance, but does the MSI option replace flawlessly some options of the EXE setup? AFAIK some command-line flags will not be available.

[crbreingan]

An MSI can fully replace an EXE. You create the GUI for MSI, and name each field in the UI. MSI has a built in headless mode that will use default values for all options on the GUI, or default options can be over-ridden on the command line by specifying the field name.

[tassoevan]

To be honest, we have to think more about it. I believe we have to fully support enterprise setups and our dependency on electron-builder and electron-updater was proven to be a huge miscalculation in this context. Keep all current options available and up to date is hard; I think this little section expose all my concerns about supporting a new setup option.

[LittleNo]

same here, would love to see this feature

[gennari-dkt]

Hello,
any news about MSI installer for deploying in a Windows domain?

Very kind regards.

Ale

[nexidus]

I hope the MSI will be there soon. It would make our job as sysadmin a lot easier.