Introduction¶
This document is designed for administrators and other enterprise IT professionals who manage Acrobat products. It is not intended for end users. Most of the details here pertain to registry and plist level preferences, enterprise technologies, and features that require administrator privileges.
Announcements¶
June, 2020: Major release, including a new version of the Classic track.
December, 2018: New deployment method for the Continuous track. Feature restricted licensing (FRL) provides an alternative to serialized and named user deployment. Create and manage FRL via the Admin Console. See Licensing for details.
Admin Guide Contents¶
- Getting Started
- Acrobat Pro vs. Standard
- Tracks: Continuous or Classic?
- Product version
- License types
- Installer file types
- Verifying download authenticity
- Expanding EXE packages
- Update order
- Fonts and spelling packs
- Reader distribution
- Product compatibility
- Installation best practices
- Typical deployment workflow
- Subscribing to alerts
- Acrobat trials
- Document Cloud Product Tracks
- Basic Configuration
- Advanced Configuration
- Licensing
- Migrating to Named User Licensing
- DC Services
- Setting the Default PDF Viewer
- Language Configuration
- Accessibility
- Sharepoint Integration
- Blocking HTTPS Endpoints
- MSI and Cmd-line examples
- Adobe Properties
- Appendix A: Identifying Installs
- Appendix B: Licensing FAQs
- Appendix C: Preference Basics