EMCO Remote Installer is available in two editions. The Free edition is free for personal and commercial usage and includes features to audit installed software and to install/uninstall up to five installation packages on up to five remote PCs at a time. EMCO Remote Installer is an easy-to-use network application designed for centralized software management and audit across a LAN. It offers a simple and effective approach to remote software distribution and can be used instead of SCCM and other complicated deployment tools. The application is available in two editions with different sets of.

EMCO Remote Installer
Developer(s)	EMCO Software
Stable release	4.1.5 (May 22, 2013; 8 years ago) [±]^[1]
Operating system	Windows XP and later
Size	61.9 MB
Available in	English
Type	Software inventory and installation
License	Freemium
Website	emcosoftware.com/remote-installer

Emco Remote Installer Pro

EMCO Remote Installer is a software distribution tool for Windows. It allows network administrators to install and uninstall software on remote Windows computers connected to a local network, and to audit installed software and Windows updates remotely.^[2]

Functionality[edit]

EMCO Remote Installer allows network administrators to install, uninstall and audit installed software on remote Windows computers across a local network.^[3] The remote installation, uninstallation and audit operations can be executed on multiple remote computers in parallel. Such operations can be initiated either manually or scheduled for automatic execution.

The application supports remote installation of EXE setups, MSI and MSP packages. All the supported types of packages are installed on remote PCs silently. To install an EXE installation, a user should specify the command-line parameters activating the silent installation mode or provide an installation scenario file. MSI and MSP packages are installed silently using the standard installation options.

EMCO Remote Installer allows auditing software and OS updates installed on remote PCs.^[4] The application extracts information about the installed software from remote PCs and stores it in a database enabling the user to generate software inventory reports. The collected software inventory information is used to uninstall applications and updates. A user can select software installed on remote PCs to uninstall it remotely. Remote uninstallation is performed silently. To uninstall software that was installed using EXE setups, a user should specify the command-line parameters activating the silent uninstallation mode or provide an uninstallation scenario file. Software installed using MSI and MSP packages is uninstalled silently using the standard options.

Key features and functions[edit]

Remote silent installation and uninstallation of x86 and x64 EXE/MSI/MSP packages
Software distribution to multiple remote PCs in parallel
Remote audit of installed software
Installation/uninstallation of multiple packages at once
Execution of custom pre- and post-installation actions
Scheduler that supports execution of one-time and recurrent remote operations

Free and Professional editions[edit]

Functionality limitations[edit]

EMCO Remote Installer collects information from remote PCs on installed applications and updates that were installed 'per machine'. Software installed 'per user' (i.e. installed in a particular Windows user account) is not detected by the application. Remote installation and uninstallation operations can work with 'per machine' installations only.^[6]

Alternatives[edit]

Remote software deployment features are usually available in various centralized management solutions. In a Windows domain network, administrators can distribute software remotely using a group policy object (GPO). GPO supports deployment of MSI packages. Other types of installations should be deployed using ZAP files. Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) also offers advanced distribution options, including silent deployment of EXE and MSI/MSP packages.

References[edit]

^'EMCO Remote Installer: What's New', emcosoftware.com, EMCO Software, retrieved May 22, 2013
^'EMCO Remote Installer Overview'. emcosoftware.com. EMCO Software. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
^Moody, Joseph (11 August 2010). 'An Alternative to GPSI: Remote Installation'. 4sysops.com. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
^Pietroforte, Michael (13 April 2013). 'Free software inventory software - EMCO Remote Installer'. deployhappiness.com.
^'The Application Feature List'. emcosoftware.com. EMCO Software. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
^'Getting Started guide'. emcosoftware.com. EMCO Software. Retrieved 19 April 2013.

External links[edit]

Official website

Emco Remote Installer Free Edition

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