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We ended up looking for a third party solution (<a href="https://specopssoft.com/" rel="ugc">https://specopssoft.com/</a>) so we could run this as elegantly as possible, but thank you for your suggestion - very helpful!
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We ended up looking for a third party solution (https://specopssoft.com/ [https://specopssoft.com/]) so we could run this as elegantly as possible, but thank you for your suggestion - very helpful!

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Hi,<br />
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We have a group of users who connect to our VPN via the Start Before Logon component of Cisco AnyConnect. This allows them to logon to the VPN from the Windows 7 logon screen, prior to logging into the domain-joined computer with their domain account.<br />
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Is there a recommended way of deploying software to these people that requires administrative rights to install?<br />
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If these were network-connected on boot, we would be able to do this via computer startup scripts or GPO software installations under the 'Computer configuration' GPO branch, but these are skipped because there is no VPN connection until after boot.<br />
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Does anyone have any ideas?<br />
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Thanks<br />
Adrian
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Hi,

We have a group of users who connect to our VPN via the Start Before Logon component of Cisco AnyConnect. This allows them to logon to the VPN from the Windows 7 logon screen, prior to logging into the domain-joined computer with their domain account.

Is there a recommended way of deploying software to these people that requires administrative rights to install?

If these were network-connected on boot, we would be able to do this via computer startup scripts or GPO software installations under the 'Computer configuration' GPO branch, but these are skipped because there is no VPN connection until after boot.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks
Adrian

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