Monday, June 20, 2016

SysAdmin Corner: Deploying Adobe AIR 22.0.0.153 via Group Policy

For those of you updating and maintaining application deployments in Small to Medium Business (SMB) Microsoft Windows-based networks via Active Directory and Group Policy, here is some information on the latest release of Adobe AIR:

On June 16, 2016, Adobe announced version 22.0.0.153 of Flash Player in the following Security Bulletin:
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/air/apsb16-23.html

The download is an Executable file (.EXE), which can be extracted with archiving software such as 7-Zip (https://www.7-zip.org). The extracted Windows Installer (.MSI) package and directories can be configured for deployment.

The MSI packages cleanly upgrade previous versions without invoking a transform. Fresh installs also perform cleanly without transforms. This was tested on 64-bit Windows 7 Professional and Windows 10 Professional.

Keep up the good work!
- James Keirstead, MCSE

Notes:
AIR is the property of Adobe Systems Incorporated.
In order to distribute files in the manner described here, you must have a current, valid distribution agreement in place with Adobe. These are free, one-year renewable agreements. More information is available at https://www.adobe.com/products/air/runtime-distribution1.html

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