The Network Administrator's Guide is now part of a consolidated Installation Help online document that includes the Installation Overview and FAQ, Licensing Guide, and product-specific supplements. This new structure is expected to be easier to use and to maintain.
Other improvements are as follows:
- Deployment path length validation. Deployments created on Windows can exceed the maximum path length for the operating system, especially if they are nested deeply within a directory structure. To reduce the chances of exceeding this limit, Autodesk shortened many of the deployment directory names, and implemented a path length check that alerts the user if a path is too long, and by how many characters.
- Combined 32- and 64-bit deployments. For networks that include both 32- and 64-bit computers, network administrators can create a combined deployment that will determine the computer type and automatically install the matching product versions. For more information, see Create a Combined 32- and 64-bit Deployment.
- Including additional software in deployments. When you select the Autodesk products to include in a deployment, you can also include third-party products, add-ins from the App Store, language packs, and other .MSI or .EXE packages. For more information, see Include Additional Software.
- Scripted uninstall file. Each deployment now includes a batch file that you can use to automatically uninstall all or part of a deployment. For more information, see Uninstall Deployed Products.