Adobe Creative Cloud (Windows EXE)

Description

InThis today'srecipe digitalwalks age,through visualdeploying content plays a pivotal role in branding, marketing, and communication strategies for enterprises.an Adobe Creative Cloud offersfor Windows package, created in the Adobe Admin Console, as a robustFileWave suitedesktop of tools tailored for creative professionals, and its enterprise version brings forth additional functionalities to manage and streamline the creative workflow.fileset.

FileWaveAdobe's cancurrent helppackaging youworkflow is in deployingAdmin andConsole managing> these AdobePackages. Creative Cloud applications.Packager is still referenced in some Adobe tools/documentation, but Adobe notes that Creative Cloud Packager is no longer in development and recommends using the package workflows in the Admin Console.

Ingredients

• FileWave Central
• Adobe CreativeAdmin CloudConsole foraccess Enterprisewith permission to create or download packages

A Windows Adobe package from the Admin Console Adobe Creative Cloud Packager

Directions

1. Accessing the Admin Console:
2. To initiate the deployment process, administrators must logLog in to the Adobe Admin Console usingand theiropen authorized credentials.Packages. The adminAdmin consoleConsole providesis awhere rangeAdobe ofmanages managementpackaging, options,product including user provisioning, license management,selection, and applicationdeployment deployment.

Navigate to Packages  Creating Deployment Packages

Choose the proper platform, next to the search product bar; select Windowssettings for Windows deployment Within the admin console, administrators can create customized deployment packages for Adobe Creative Cloud applications.enterprise/teams Thesecustomers.
packagesCreate includeor specificselect software,the settings,package you want to deploy. Choose Windows as the platform for a Windows deployment. For a managed deployment, create a Managed package, or use a pre-generated package if it already matches the applications and configurationssettings tailoredyou to the organization's needs.need.
Select Packages to customize managed installers or Pre-generated packages for pre-built installer ready for deployment Selecting Applications

The admin can choose whichthe Adobe applications toand includeoptions inrequired for your users. Keep the deploymentpackage focused; smaller, role-specific packages are easier to test and troubleshoot. Download the completed package basedfrom on the roles and responsibilities of different users within the organization. This flexibility ensures that each user has access to the tools they require for their tasks. Adobe. Distributing Deployment Packages

Once the deployment package is configured, administrators can distribute it to users or groups within the organization. This can be achieved by downloading the installer created, then upload intoIn FileWave CentralCentral, viacreate thea New Desktop Fileset > Empty Fileset.Fileset, then Upload into FileWave Central usingupload the NewAdobe Desktoppackage Filesetcontents >while Emptypreserving Fileset.the package folder structure. Assign the fileset to a small Windows devicetest group first. Update Modelthe model and verify the installation before broad deployment.

PleaseFor Note:Windows packages, Adobe Creativedocuments Cloudsetup.exe Packagerinside maythe bepackage's customizedBuild with settings for application updates directly fromfolder. Adobe andalso customnotes installthat directorydeploying fora Windowspackage andcontaining macOS.

Acrobat

Adobeby mayMSI needinstead of setup.exe can skip Acrobat, so use setup.exe unless you have a verified reason to setupdo andotherwise.

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Configure the trigger of the EXE. Below are the steps to locate the Setup.EXE filein withinFileWave

After the Adobe Creativepackage Cloudhas been uploaded to the fileset, configure FileWave to run the Adobe setup.exe installer for Windows and be sure the EXE is executed during deployment.activation.

1. Open FileWave Admin and navigate to yourthe uploaded Adobe Creative Cloud installer.
   fileset.
2. Double-click on the new Filesetfileset to open the "Fileset Contents"Contents.
3. UncheckIf "needed, clear Hide unused folders"folders if enabled.

Navigate to through to findso the Adobepackage Creativefolders Cloudare Setup.EXE file Select the EXE and click "Get Info" from the menubar.visible. Navigate to the "Executable"Adobe package's Build folder and select setup.exe. Choose Get Info from the menu bar. Open the Executable tab. CheckEnable the "Execute once when activated" boxactivated and the "Non-interactive (background)". box.Enable Then click the "Wait for executable to finish" and set ita topractical timeout. The existing recipe uses 15 minutes.minutes; increase that if your selected Adobe apps routinely take longer in your environment. ClickAdd launch arguments with the "[+]" button toif addyou anyneed Launchsilent Argumentsinstallation toor thecustom EXE'sinstall installation.options.

Syntax:
setup [--silent] [--ADOBEINSTALLDIR=] [--INSTALLLANGUAGE=]

[ADOBEINSTALLDIR] is the installation directory where apps are to be installed on the client machine.
[INSTALLLANGUAGE] is the locale inused whichfor the appsinstalled are to be installed.apps.

Syntax example:
setup.exe --silent --ADOBEINSTALLDIR="C:\InstallDir" --INSTALLLANGUAGE=en_US

10. Click "Apply"Apply to save yourthe changesexecutable andsettings, Closethen close the "Get Info"Info window.
11. Close the "Fileset Contents" window.Contents.
12. YouThe shouldfileset nowwill seeshow youras EXEModified Fileset inuntil the "Filesets"model view.
    *is Theupdated. Fileset will be labeled as "Modified" indicatingUpdate the itmodel haswhen notyou yetare been saved.

"Update Model" if you'd likeready to save the changes.change.

As always, test deploy the Filesetfileset to a few devices before mass deployment.

Related Content

• Adobe Creative Cloud: Planning to Deploy and deliver apps and updates
• Adobe Creative Cloud: Packaging appapps via the Admin Console

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