HomeInstall Exclaimer Signature Update Agent (Windows)

Checking if the App is assigned to your machine

Follow these steps to check if the app has been assigned correctly to your machine:

1. From the left pane click Devices then click All devices.
   
   
   
   
2. Click on the device you want to check then click Managed Apps. You will see a list of all managed Apps that are installed or are waiting to get installed.
   
   
   
   

Deploying Exclaimer Signature Update Agent via Group Policy Management (GPO) - per user

Deploying via Group Policy Management (GPO) is suitable for Administrators or IT teams who already make use of Group Policies and want to deploy the Exclaimer Signature Update Agent to a large number of end-users (preventing the users to interact with the installer themselves).

If your subscription is configured with Client-Side signature rules, signatures can be synchronized to the users' local computers, for use in Microsoft Outlook on Windows.

For the synchronize process to work, the Exclaimer Signature Update Agent needs to be running on each user's computer.

To deploy the Exclaimer Signature Update Agent via an MSI package, you need to:

• Download the MSI package
  
  
• Create a group policy

Also, what you can do if the Exclaimer Signature Update Agent does not install?

Downloading MSI package

To download the MSI package for the Exclaimer Signature Update Agent:

• Download the MSI installer for the Exclaimer Signature Update Agent.

Creating a group policy

To create a group policy:

1. Open the Group Policy Management console from the Windows button on your domain controller, right-click on the domain name and select Create a GPO in this domain, and link it here...
   
   
   
   
2. Specify a name for the new Group Policy Object (GPO) and click OK.
   
   
   
   
3. Right-click the newly created GPO and click Edit.
   
   
4. Navigate to User Configuration, select Policies, then select Software Settings:
   
   
   
   
5. Right-click Software installation, select New then click Package.
   
   
6. Select the MSI package you downloaded earlier.
   
   
7. From the Deploy Software window, select Assigned as the deployment method and click OK:
   
   
   
   
8. From the Group Policy Management Editor, right-click on the Exclaimer software package and select Properties. The Exclaimer Outlook Signature Update Agent Properties window is displayed.
   
   
9. Select the Deployment tab and tick the Install this application at logon option, then click OK.
   
   
   
   The next time users restart their computer, the GPO will run and apply the Exclaimer Signature Update Agent.

Exclaimer Signature Update Agent not installed?

In some scenarios, the Exclaimer Signature Update Agent may not have been installed - this could be due to lack of time to set the policy.

In such cases, run the following command in the command box to force run the GPO:

gpupdate /force

Deploying Exclaimer Signature Update Agent via CMD/GPO - per machine

Deploying via Group Policy Management (GPO) is suitable for Administrators or IT teams who already make use of Group Policies and want to deploy the Exclaimer Signature Update Agent to machines which are shared by multiple users. A typical use case is for organizations that use Remote Desktop, Virtual Desktop, Citrix or other similar technologies.

Follow these steps to remotely deploy the Exclaimer Signature Update Agent (per-machine):

To deploy the Exclaimer Signature Update Agent via Command Line

To deploy the Exclaimer Signature Update Agent remotely via GPO

Deploying Exclaimer Signature Update Agent via Command Line

To deploy the Exclaimer Signature Update Agent for all users of a machine:

1. Run this command in an elevated command prompt:
   
   

   msiexec /i "<full path to MSI Installer>" ALLUSERS=1

   For example:

   msiexec /i "C:\Temp\Exclaimer.CloudSignatureUpdateAgent.Install.msi" ALLUSERS=1

   
   

Deploying Exclaimer Signature Update Agent remotely via GPO

If your subscription is configured for Client-Side signature rules then the signatures can be synchronized to the user's local computers, for use in Microsoft Outlook, on Windows.

For the synchronization process to work, the Exclaimer Signature Update Agent has to be installed on each user's computer.

To configure a Group Policy to install the Exclaimer Signature Update Agent for all users of a machine, you need to:

Download the MSI file

Generate an MST file

Create a Group Policy

Downloading the MSI file

You can download it from here: MSI installer for the Cloud Signature Update Agent

Generating an MST File

To generate an MST file:

1. Launch Orca.exe.
   
   
2. Click File then select Open. Select the MSI installer for the Cloud Signature Update Agent.
   
   
3. Click Transform then select New Transform.
   
   
4. From the left-hand side Tables section, select Property:
   
   
   
   
5. On the right-hand side of the Property and Value section, edit the value of ALLUSERS to 1:
   
   
   
   
6. Click Transform then select Generate Transform.
   
   
7. Save the transform file.

Creating a Group Policy

To create a group policy:

1. Open the Group Policy Management console and right-click on the domain name.
   
   
2. Select Create a GPO in this domain, and Link it here...:
   
   
   
   3. Enter a name for the new GPO and click OK.
   
   4. Right-click the newly created GPO and click Edit.
   
   5. Navigate to Computer Configuration > Policies > Software Settings:
   
   
   
   6. Right-click on Software installation and click New then select Package:
   
   
   
   7. Select the MSI package downloaded earlier.
   
   8. Select Advanced for the deployment method, then click OK:
   
   
   
   9. Select the Modifications tab and click Add... to add the transform file created earlier.
   
   
   
   10. Close the Group Policy Management Editor.
   
   Ensure that the Group policy is configured to apply to the required computers.