<div>
<div class="content wysiwyg-content">
I need to move all of our software packages for group-policy installation to a new server on the network. &nbsp;So far, the only way I have found to do this is to create a new policy with identical settings to the existing one but pointing to the MSIs in the new location. &nbsp;The problem with this is that it triggers a re-install of all the software. &nbsp;This can take a long time for many machines are there are several packages to install.<br />
<br />
How do I change the location of the MSIs without having to trigger re-installs of every piece of software we own?
</div>
</div>


I need to move all of our software packages for group-policy installation to a new server on the network.  So far, the only way I have found to do this is to create a new policy with identical settings to the existing one but pointing to the MSIs in the new location.  The problem with this is that it triggers a re-install of all the software.  This can take a long time for many machines are there are several packages to install.

How do I change the location of the MSIs without having to trigger re-installs of every piece of software we own?

Change location of group policy software installation packages

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).

Windows Server 2003

Small Business Server (SBS) is a line of server operating systems targeted at small businesses by bundling the operating system with a number of other Microsoft products that would normally need to be purchased or licensed separately. The most notable inclusions are Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint and ISA/TMG (Microsoft's firewall and proxy server).