UpSlide is fully compatible with SCCM Deployment. The following pages describe, in detail, how UpSlide should be deployed via SCCM.

UpSlide will only function if these two Prerequisites are found on the machine:

.NET Framework 4.7.2 and above:
- Please note that .NET Framework is now integrated into Windows 10, you may not need to deploy it.
Visual Studio Tools for Office Runtime 2010

If you already have deployed those prerequisites previously, you can go ahead and start UpSlide Packaging.

Click on the titles below to display the procedure

.NET Framework Packaging

For UpSlide to function, .NET Framework needs to be installed. This section describes how to create the package on System Center Configuration Manager.

The first step is to download the offline package of .NET Framework from this link : https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=42642

Once downloaded, open the Configuration Manager Console:

Next, go to Applications and select Create Application.

On the General page of the Create Application Wizard, select Manually specify the application information, then click Next.

Specify general information about the Application such as name and version.

On the Application Catalog page, enter Application details such as name and language and click Next:

On the Deployment Types page of the Create Application Wizard, click on Add to create a new deployment type.

The Create Deployment Type Wizard will open.

On the General page of the Create Deployment Type Wizard, select Manually configure the deployment type information.

On the General Information page, enter deployment details such as the name and comments, and click Next.

On the Content Page, fill these two fields:

Content Location: Path to .NET Framework Install File (1)
Installation Program: {.NET Install Filename}.exe /q /norestart (2)

Next, configure the detection methods to indicate the presence of the application with these settings:

Setting type: Registry,
Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
Key: SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP\v4\Full,
Value: Release,
Data Type: Integer,
Select “This Registry Settings Must Exist on the Target System to indicate presence of this Application”.

Validate the Detection Rule, on the User Experience screen specify these settings:

Installation Behavior: Install for System,
Logon Requirement: Only when a user is logged on,
Installation program visibility: Normal

Click Next and leave Requirements and Dependencies pages with default settings. Close the Deployment Type Creation wizard.

On Application Creation Wizard under Deployment Types page select the newly created deployment type and click Next.

Close the Application Creation Wizard. You can now push your Application to the Distribution Point.

Visual Studio Tools for Office Runtime (VSTO)

For UpSlide to function, Visual Studio Tools for Office Runtime needs to be installed. Please follow these steps to create the package on System Center Configuration Manager.

The first step is to download the offline package of VSTO from this link: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48217

Once downloaded, open the Configuration Manager Console and create a new Application.

On the General page of the Create Application Wizard, select Manually specify the application information, and click Next.

Specify general information about the Application such as name and version and click Next.

On the Application Catalog page, enter applications details such as name and language and click Next.

On the Deployment Types page of the Create Application Wizard, click Add to create a new deployment type, the Create Deployment Type Wizard will open and on the General page of the Create Deployment Type Wizard please select Manually configure the deployment type information:

On the General Information page, enter Deployment details such as the name and comments, and click Next:

On the Content Page, fill in these two fields:

Content Location: Path to VSTO Install File (1),
Installation Program: {VSTO Install Filename}.exe /q /norestart (2).

On the next Screen, the Detection method needs to be defined, select Add a Clause and fill with these settings:

For x64 Systems:

Settings Type: Registry,
Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
Key: SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\VSTO Runtime Setup\v4R
Value: Version,
Data Type: String,
Select “This Registry Settings Must Satisfy the following rule to indicate the presence of the application”.
- Operator: Equals
- Value: Version of VSTO downloaded (on our case 10.0.60301)

For x86 Systems:

Settings Type: Registry,
Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
Key: SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VSTO Runtime Setup\v4R,
Value: Version,
Data Type: String,
Select “This Registry Settings Must Satisfy the following rule to indicate the presence of the application”.
- Operator: Equals
- Value: Version of VSTO downloaded (on our case 10.0.60301)

You can keep the two clauses to ensure compatibility with x64 and x86 Clients, the condition between the two clauses needs to be changed first from AND to OR.

Validate the Detection Rule, on the User Experience screen specify these settings:

Installation Behavior: Install for System,
Logon Requirement: Only when a user is logged on,
Installation program visibility: Normal.

Finish the Deployment Type Wizard, on Application Creation Wizard under Deployment Types page select the newly created deployment type and click on Next then finish the wizard. You can now push your Application to the Distribution Point.