Type: Individual Project

Deliverable Length: 
Microsoft Word Document (2-3 pages)

Font: Times New Roman

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MUST
be done in Windows PowerShell

Assignment
Description

Installation
and updates of software applications can consume considerable time. Software
vendors face challenges in software distribution and often turn to Internet
solutions to provide their customers with readily available, easy-to-use
software installations and updates. Network administrators face similar
challenges within corporate network environments and can utilize many of the
same techniques for software deployment.

Over
the next 12 months, your company will be installing several new internally
developed software applications and upgrading several others. You have been
assigned the task of planning the deployment of these applications throughout
the network. Your task for this project is to develop a software deployment
plan with a focus on how scripting can be used to minimize the labor required
to complete the deployments. The tasks you will plan for are as follows:

• Provide
  all users on the network the ability to download and install Software
  Application A, Software Application B, and Software Application C, which
  are new, internally developed applications that have never been installed
  on any of the network workstation computers. Users should only be allowed
  to download Application A if they are in the Sales or Marketing
  departments, Application B if they are in Engineering or IT, or
  Application C for all others. Users who elect to download the software
  must first have their system checked to make sure it has at least 2 GB of
  memory and 250MB of free disk space, then successful installations must be
  recorded in a network-based database.
• Determine
  which users on the network do not have the latest version (3.0) of
  internally developed Software Application D. E-mail users in need of the
  update, providing them with a download link where they can install the
  update. Record successful updates in a network-based database.

The
project deliverables are:

• Prepare
  a document to submit your work:
• Use
  Microsoft Word.
• Title
  page
• Course
  number and name
• Project
  name
• Student
  name
• Date
• Task
  1: Software installation:
• Identify
  each subtask.
• Discuss
  if and how scripting can be used to help complete each subtask.
• Select
  appropriate scripting languages for subtasks that can be scripted, and
  justify your selection.
• Task
  2: Software update:
• Identify
  each major subtask.
• Discuss
  if and how scripting can be used to help complete each subtask.
• Select
  appropriate scripting languages for subtasks that can be scripted, and
  justify your selection.
• Provide
  well-documented source code for at least 1 of the subtasks for Task 1 or
  Task 2.
• Name
  the document yourname_ITSD327_IP3.doc.