Deployment strategies (offline)

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This section provides an overview of different deployment strategies, including their basic technologies, advantages, limitations, and their level of support.

Running the standard setup manually or automatically

You can deploy MindManager on a machine-by-machine basis using the standard setup (MindManager.exe) or from a centrally accessible server. The standard setup is robust, interactive, and user-friendly, but does not support customized deployment.

Using the standard setup has these advantages:

And these disadvantages:

Running the Admin Setup manually or automatically

The MindManager Admin setup provides more control over installation and administration. You can run the Admin setup from a server manually, or via a log-on script. If you use Windows Active Directory, Group Policy, and IntelliMirror, you can install on groups of user systems.

Using the Admin setup has these advantages:

And these disadvantages:

Other deployment options

Deploying with Active Directory

This method is not yet fully supported. Due to the application architecture, MindManager only supports Computer-based Software installations via Active Directory. User-based deployment is not supported. Using a third-party tool such as Orca allows you to edit properties for deployment. For more information, see Deploy with Active Directory (offline).

Using system management software and a custom setup

System management software, such as Microsoft System Management Server, enables you to centrally install and administer client machines. While you can deploy MindManager using such software, there is no specialized support for this in MindManager. This document supplies much of the information you will need if you choose to deploy in this way.

Using system management software has these advantages:

And these disadvantages: