RealVNC Server and RealVNC Viewer are available as separate MSIs, in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions.

You can remotely deploy to target Windows computers using any suitable tool, for example SCCM or Group Policy.

*You can only license RealVNC Server as part of the deployment process if you have a subscription that includes offline licensing. RealVNC Viewer does not support licensing as part of MSI deployment.

To get started:

1. Download the MSI installers for RealVNC Server and/or RealVNC Viewer.
2. Extract appropriate MSI(s).

Installing at the command line

You can use msiexec to install RealVNC Server and RealVNC Viewer. For example, running the following command at an Administrator Command Prompt:

msiexec /i "<RealVNC Server>.msi" transforms="vnc.mst" /qn

...installs RealVNC Server silently and without restarting, and simultaneously applies a transform to configure RealVNC Server, perhaps by applying an offline license or disabling automatic update checks.

It is also possible to set properties directly on the command line. For example, running the following command at an Administrator Command Prompt:

msiexec /i "<VNC Server>.msi" /qn OFFLINELICENSE=<offline-license>

...installs RealVNC Server 7.x silently and without restarting, and simultaneously applies the offline license to RealVNC Server.

Creating a Group Policy Object (GPO)

You can choose to deploy RealVNC Server and RealVNC Viewer to computers, to users, or to both in the standard way for a GPO.

If you choose to deploy to users, then once RealVNC Server is installed on a particular computer:

• RealVNC Server in User Mode is available just to those users. RealVNC Server in Service Mode, however, is available to any user on the computer, since it is a system-wide service.
• The RealVNC Printer Driver component must always be deployed to computers (that is, using the Computer Configuration section of Group Policy Management Editor), since this too is a system-wide service. See below for more information.

Deploying RealVNC Server

To deploy RealVNC Server, create a new GPO in the standard way, using Group Policy Management Editor. Create a new package for either users or computers and assign the appropriate versions of the RealVNC Server MSI to it.

When you have created the package in accordance with the instructions below, add users or computers to the GPO and link it to an appropriate Organizational Unit.

*If you need to create a transform, do so on the Modifications tab of the Properties dialog before creating the package. It is not possible to add a transform once the package has been created.

Deploying RealVNC Printer Driver

RealVNC Printer Driver is a required component for RealVNC Server if connected users will print to local printers. To deploy it:

1. In Group Policy Management Editor, expand Computer Configuration > Policies > Administrative Templates > System > Driver Installation.
2. Edit the Allow non-administrators to install drivers for these device setup classes policy setting.
3. Choose Enabled, and click Show to add the RealVNC Printer Driver GUID: 4658ee7e-f050-11d1-b6bd-00c04fa372a7
4. Expand Computer Configuration > Policies > Windows Settings > Security Settings > Local Policies > Security Options.
5. Edit the Devices: Prevent users from installing printer drivers policy to Define this policy setting as Disabled.
6. Edit the User Account Control: Detect application installations and prompt for elevation policy to Define this policy setting as Disabled.

*If you choose not to deploy RealVNC Printer Driver, you must explicitly exclude it from the installation process using a transform.

Deploying RealVNC Viewer

To deploy RealVNC Viewer, create a new GPO in the standard way, using Group Policy Management Editor. Create a new package for either users or computers and assign the appropriate versions of the RealVNC Viewer MSI to it.

When you have created the package (there are no custom instructions), add users or computers to the GPO and link it to an Organizational Unit.

Creating a transform file

RealVNC Server

Create a transform for RealVNC Server if you want to:

• License RealVNC Server as part of the installation process. You can only do this if you have a subscription that includes offline licensing.
  Note, RealVNC Server can be licensed post-installation, either desk-side (requires user interaction and elevated privileges), or using Group Policy.
• Omit one or both of the RealVNC Mirror Driver or RealVNC Printer Driver components.
• Disable or enable automatic update checks. By default, RealVNC Server prompts the user to decide when the user interface first starts.
• Disable or enable sending anonymous analytics to RealVNC. By default, RealVNC Server prompts the user to decide when the user interface first starts.

To create a transform:

1. In Orca, open the appropriate RealVNC Server MSI.
2. Select Transform > New Transform.
3. Open the Property table.
4. Add properties (Tables > Add row) for the actions you wish to perform:

5. Select Transform > Generate Transform, and save the file in a suitable location.

*For a GPO, you should save the transform in the network share containing the RealVNC Server MSIs, and add it to the GPO before creating the package.

RealVNC Viewer

VNC Viewer does not support any properties via Transform file at this time.