PDQ Deploy

PDQ Deploy is a software deployment tool that allows system administrators to silently install almost any application or patch to multiple Windows computers simultaneously.
PDQ Deploy saves time and effort by enabling administrators to easily install, uninstall, update, repair or make many other types of changes across the network without remote logins or physically walking to each computer.
Using PDQ Deploy, administrators may create custom deployment packages and deploy them to any computer on their network. For convenience and ease-of-use, administrators can also use more than 150 ready-to-deploy packages of popular free software from the PDQ Deploy Package Library. All prebuilt packages are up-to-date and tested to ensure silent deployment, removal of unnecessary add-ons (for example, toolbars) and where possible, removal of auto updates.

Key Features:

• NEW:Use PDQ Inventory's Scan User credentials for your Deployments and Schedules.
• NEW:Variables can now be used in the email subject of the Post Deployment Notification and Post Schedule Notification.
• NEW:Tooltips on the variables button will display the current value of any Custom and System Variables used.
• Install MSIs to Multiple Computers: Need to install an MSI? Just create a new PDQ Package and point it to the MSI. If the installation has more than a single MSI file, be sure to check the Include Entire Directory checkbox.
  
• Install EXEs to Multiple Computers: Need to install an EXE? All you need to do is verify that the application can be installed silently. (By default MSIs have this ability, but EXEs need to be explicitly told to run silently.) Not every EXE supports this feature, but most do. The challenge will be to determine the correct method to run it silently. The silent parameter (sometimes called a switch) can be /s or /S, /q or /Q, /quiet, /qn and a host of other options. Sometimes the installations are case sensitive, so be sure to use exactly what the vendor states is the correct switch.
  
• Ready-to-Deploy Installs in the Package Library: We created the Package Library so that our users wouldnt have to spend time with every Java or Flash update that comes down the pike. When you are a Pro or Enterprise mode customer you get access to the Package Library you can get common apps that are already in PDQ Packages and are ready for deploying to all your computers. See the full list of ready-to-go silent installs.
  
• Customise Your Installs: With PDQ Deploy you can install just about any application or patch just by pointing a PDQ Deploy package to an EXE or MSI. You can also make changes to the packages that you downloaded from the Package Library.