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Enterprise deployment

Deploy, maintain, and support Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader software across your organization. With Adobe deployment options, you can quickly deploy and easily support an Acrobat solution that fits into your IT infrastructure — including configurable deployment, utilities resources guides, user documentation, and technical support services.

Acrobat 8.0 products

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Adobe Acrobat 8 for Microsoft Windows Group Policy and the Active Directory service (PDF, 378KB)

Adobe (March 12, 2007)
This document describes using Group Policy to deploy Acrobat 8 or Adobe Reader 8 products on a Windows network.

Adobe Acrobat 8 for Microsoft Systems Management Server (PDF, 107KB)

Adobe (March 12, 2007)
This document describes using SMS to create and deploy a package of Acrobat 8 or Adobe Reader 8 products to Microsoft Windows client computers.

Adobe Acrobat 8 for Microsoft Windows Terminal Services (PDF, 129KB)

Adobe (March 12, 2007)
This document describes hosting Acrobat 8 or Adobe Reader 8 on a server and having it emulated on Microsoft Windows clients that use WTS.

Adobe Acrobat 8 for Citrix Presentation Server (PDF, 110KB)

Adobe (March 12, 2007)
This document describes hosting Acrobat 8 or Adobe Reader 8 on a server and having it emulated on Microsoft Windows clients that use Citrix Presentation Server.

Acrobat 7.0 products

Chaining Together Acrobat/Reader 7.0 to 7.0.3 for Enterprise Deployment (PDF, 103K)

(Sept 2005)
This informal technical note provides directions on how to use Adobe's MSI Setup.exe bootstrapper installer to “chain” together installations of Adobe Acrobat/Reader 7.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2 and 7.0.3.

Adobe Acrobat 7.0 for Microsoft Windows Group Policy Objects and Active Directory (PDF, 530 K)

(Mar 2005)
This document describes using Group Policy (GP) to deploy Acrobat 7.0 products on a Windows® network.

InstallShield Tuner 7.0 for Adobe Acrobat (PDF, 264K)

(Jan 2005)
This document helps Information Technology (IT) managers customize Adobe Acrobat 7.0 product installers, along with some aspects of the Acrobat look and feel, prior to deployment. It describes how to prepare your machine for installing Tuner, how to install Tuner, and how to use Tuner to customize your Acrobat installer.

Adobe Acrobat 7.0 for Microsoft Systems Management Server (PDF, 108K)

(Feb 2005)
This document explains how an IT manager can use SMS to create and deploy a package of Acrobat 7.0 to Microsoft Windows® client computers throughout the enterprise.

Adobe Acrobat 7.0 for Microsoft Windows Terminal Services (PDF, 91K)

(Feb 2005)
This document explains how an IT manager can host Adobe Acrobat on a server and have it emulated on Microsoft Windows clients that use WTS.

Adobe Acrobat 7.0 for Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server (PDF, 114K)

(Feb 2005)
This document explains how an IT manager can host Adobe Acrobat on a server and have it emulated on Microsoft® Windows® client computers that use Citrix MetaFrame.

Adobe Acrobat 7.0 for IBM Tivoli Software Distribution

• User document (PDF, 2M) (July 2005)
• Quick reference card (PDF, 280K) (July 2005)

Acrobat 6.0 products

Adobe Acrobat 6.0 for Microsoft Systems Management Server (PDF, 200K)

(May 2003)
This document explains how an IT manager can create and deploy a package of Acrobat 6.0 to Microsoft® Windows® client machines throughout the enterprise using SMS.

Adobe Acrobat 6.0 for Citrix MetaFrame XP Presentation Server (PDF, 138K)

(May 2003)
This document explains how an IT manager can host Adobe Acrobat on a server and have it emulated on Microsoft® Windows® clients using Citrix MetaFrame XP.

Chaining Together Acrobat Professional/Standard 6 Installers, Patches and Updates for Enterprise Deployment (PDF, 115K)

(Oct 2004)
This informal technical note provides directions on how to “chain” installs of Adobe Acrobat 6.0, 6.0.1 Patch and 6.0.2 Update together so that the installation process appears to be a single install.

Adobe Acrobat 6.0 for Microsoft Windows Terminal Services (PDF, 132K)

(May 2003)
This document explains how an IT manager can host Adobe Acrobat on a server and have it emulated on Microsoft® Windows® clients using Windows 2000 Terminal Services.

InstallShield Tuner 6.0 for Adobe Acrobat (PDF, 468K)

(Sept 2003)
This document assists IT managers in customizing the Adobe Acrobat 6.0 product installer and the look and feel of Acrobat prior to deployment. It describes how to prepare your machine for installing Tuner, how to install Tuner, and how to use Tuner to customize your Acrobat installer.

Adobe Acrobat 6.0 for IBM Tivoli Software Distribution

• User document (PDF, 276K) (Nov 2003)
• Quick reference card (PDF, 54K) (Nov 2003)

Acrobat 5.0 products

Extending the Adobe Acrobat Installer on the Windows Platform (PDF, 440K)

(Oct 2001)
This document explains how to use several extensible features in Adobe Acrobat (full product, including Fill In, Distiller, Reader, PCPI, etc.) installations.

Deploying Adobe Acrobat Using Microsoft Windows Terminal Services (PDF, 90K)

(Oct 2001)
This document explains how to deploy Adobe Acrobat using Windows Terminal Service (WTS).

Deploying Adobe Acrobat Installers Using SMS (PDF, 160K)

(Aug 2001)
This document explains how you can deploy Adobe Acrobat 5.0 via Microsoft System Management Server® (SMS) to your enterprise clients.

Adobe Acrobat for Tivoli Software Distribution

• User document (PDF, 353K)
• Quick reference card (PDF, 61K)

Customizing the Adobe Acrobat Installer using AEIT (PDF, 400K)

(Oct 2001)
This document guides you step-by-step through the procedures to simplify customization of the Acrobat Installers, using the Adobe Enterprise Installer Tool (AEIT).