Acronis Access Advanced - Administrator's Guide - Manual (Page 114)

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5.5 Unattended desktop client configuration
With the use of Microsoft's Group Policy Management, you can easily configure the Acronis Access
Desktop client on multiple machines remotely. The only thing end users will have to do is install, start
the client and enter their password. The Group Policy Management also ensures that users cannot
change/replace the correct settings by accident. If this happens, they can simply log off and when
they log in, the correct settings will be re-applied.
Creating and configuring the Group Policy Management object:
1. On your domain controller, open the Group Policy Management console.
2. Right-click on your desired domain and select Create a GPO in this domain, and Link it here....
3. Give it a name and press OK.
4. Expand the Group Policy Objects section and select your new policy.
5. Under the Scope tab select the desired sites, domains, OUs, groups, users and/or computers.
Creating the folder and registry entries:
In this example we will create entries for the Username, Sync-Folder, Server URL, the Auto-Update
checkbox and if the client should connect to servers with self-signed certificates.
1. Expand the Group Policy Objects section and right click on your new Policy Object.
2. Select Edit and expand User Configuration -> Preferences -> Windows Settings.
Creating the sync folder:
1. Right-click on Folders and select New -> Folder.
2. Set the Action to Create.
3. For the path, enter the following token: %USERPROFILE%\Desktop\AAS Data Folder
Creating the registry:
1. Right-click on Registry and select New -> Registry Item.
2. Set the Action to Create.
3. For Hive, select HKEY_CURRENT_USER.
4. For the path, enter the following: Software\Group Logic, Inc.\activEcho Client\
5. Now do the following for the desired entries:
6. For the Username:
a. For Value name enter "Username".
b. For Value type select REG_SZ.
c. For Value data enter the following token: %USERNAME%@%USERDOMAIN%
7. For the Server URL:
a. For Value name enter "Server URL".
b. For Value type select REG_SZ.
c. For Value data enter the address of your Access Server. e.g. https://myaccess.com