Install Exclaimer Signature Update Agent (Windows)

1. Click Download Click-Once to download the Exclaimer Signature Update Agent to your Windows.
   
   
2. Open the Downloads folder and double-click the exe.
   
   
3. Click Install to proceed with the installation.
   
   
   
   Let the installation complete.
   
   
   
   
4. You can confirm that it is running from the Task Manager:
   

Deploying via Intune (Endpoint Manager) is suitable for Administrators or IT teams who already make use of Intune and want to deploy the Exclaimer Signature Update Agent to a large number of end-users (preventing the users to interact with the installer themselves). 

Follow these steps to deploy the Exclaimer Signature Update Agent for Windows via Intune: 

• Create your App in the Endpoint Manager.
  
  
• Check if the App is assigned correctly to your machine. 

Creating an App 

Follow these steps to create an App in the Endpoint Manager:

1. Login to the Microsoft Endpoint Manager admin center.
   
   
2. From the left pane click Apps then click All apps. 
   
   
   
   
3. Click Add, then select Line-of-business app from the App type dropdown. 
   
   
   
   
4. Click Select to proceed.
   
   
5. From the Add App pane, click Select app package file to select the relevant package file to be included.
   
   
   
   
6. Click OK to proceed.
   
   
7. Enter the App information:
   
   - In Name, enter Exclaimer Signature Update Agent (MSI).
   
   - In Description, enter Client-Side application for deploying Exclaimer signatures.
   
   - In Publisher, enter Exclaimer Ltd.
   
   - In App install context, select the relevant install context.
   
      User Context: Installs the app per user. 
      Device Context: Installs the app at a machine level (similar to using the allusers=1 flag with msiexec).
   
   
   
   
8. Click Next to select All devices to push the MSI to all machines.
   
   
   
   
9. Click Next to proceed then click Create to create the defined app.
   

   The MSI will be uploaded to the Endpoint Manager and will be ready for all devices to pick up.

Checking if the App is assigned to your machine

Follow these steps to check if the app has been assigned correctly to your machine: 

1. From the left pane click Devices then click All devices.
   
   
   
   
2. Click on the device you want to check then click Managed Apps. You will see a list of all managed Apps that are installed or are waiting to get installed.
   
   
   
   

Deploying via Group Policy Management (GPO) is suitable for Administrators or IT teams who already make use of Group Policies and want to deploy the Exclaimer Signature Update Agent to a large number of end-users (preventing the users to interact with the installer themselves).  

If your subscription is configured with Client-Side signature rules, signatures can be synchronized to the users' local computers, for use in Microsoft Outlook on Windows.

For the synchronize process to work, the Exclaimer Signature Update Agent needs to be running on each user's computer. 

To deploy the Exclaimer Signature Update Agent via an MSI package, you need to:

• Download the MSI package
  
  
• Create a group policy

Also, what you can do if the Exclaimer Signature Update Agent does not install?

Downloading MSI package

To download the MSI package for the Exclaimer Signature Update Agent:

• Download the MSI installer for the Exclaimer Signature Update Agent.

Creating a group policy

To create a group policy:

1. Open the Group Policy Management console from the Windows button on your domain controller, right-click on the domain name and select Create a GPO in this domain, and link it here...
   
   
   
   
2. Specify a name for the new Group Policy Object (GPO) and click OK.
   
   
   
   
3. Right-click the newly created GPO and click Edit.
   
   
4. Navigate to User Configuration, select Policies, then select Software Settings: 
   
   
   
   
5. Right-click Software installation, select New then click Package.
   
   
6. Select the MSI package you downloaded earlier.
   
   
7. From the Deploy Software window, select Assigned as the deployment method and click OK:
   
   
   
   
8. From the Group Policy Management Editor, right-click on the Exclaimer software package and select Properties. The Exclaimer Outlook Signature Update Agent Properties window is displayed.
   
   
9. Select the Deployment tab and tick the Install this application at logon option, then click OK. 
   
   
   
   The next time users restart their computer, the GPO will run and apply the Exclaimer Signature Update Agent.

Exclaimer Signature Update Agent not installed?

In some scenarios, the Exclaimer Signature Update Agent may not have been installed - this could be due to lack of time to set the policy.

In such cases, run the following command in the command box to force run the GPO:

Deploying via Group Policy Management (GPO) is suitable for Administrators or IT teams who already make use of Group Policies and want to deploy the Exclaimer Signature Update Agent to machines which are shared by multiple users. A typical use case is for organizations that use Remote Desktop, Virtual Desktop, Citrix or other similar technologies.

Follow these steps to remotely deploy the Exclaimer Signature Update Agent (per-machine):

To deploy the Exclaimer Signature Update Agent via Command Line

To deploy the Exclaimer Signature Update Agent remotely via GPO 

Deploying Exclaimer Signature Update Agent via Command Line

To deploy the Exclaimer Signature Update Agent for all users of a machine:

1. Run this command in an elevated command prompt:
   
   

   msiexec /i "<full path to MSI Installer>" ALLUSERS=1

    For example:

   msiexec /i "C:\Temp\Exclaimer.CloudSignatureUpdateAgent.Install.msi" ALLUSERS=1

   
   
   WARNING! Make sure the individual user installations and individual machine installations are not used on the same machine.

Deploying Exclaimer Signature Update Agent remotely via GPO

If your subscription is configured for Client-Side signature rules then the signatures can be synchronized to the user's local computers, for use in Microsoft Outlook, on Windows. 

For the synchronization process to work, the Exclaimer Signature Update Agent has to be installed on each user's computer.

To configure a Group Policy to install the Exclaimer Signature Update Agent for all users of a machine, you need to:

Download the MSI file

Generate an MST file

Create a Group Policy

Downloading the MSI file

You can download it from here: MSI installer for the Cloud Signature Update Agent

Generating an MST File

To generate an MST file:

1. Launch Orca.exe.
   
   
2. Click File then select Open. Select the MSI installer for the Cloud Signature Update Agent.
   
   
3. Click Transform then select New Transform.
   
   
4. From the left-hand side Tables section, select Property:
   
   
   
   
5. On the right-hand side of the Property and Value section, edit the value of ALLUSERS to 1:
   
   
   
   
6. Click Transform then select Generate Transform.
   
   
7. Save the transform file.

Creating a Group Policy

To create a group policy:

1. Open the Group Policy Management console and right-click on the domain name.
   
   
2. Select Create a GPO in this domain, and Link it here...:
   
   
   
   3. Enter a name for the new GPO and click OK.
   
   4. Right-click the newly created GPO and click Edit.
   
   5. Navigate to Computer Configuration > Policies > Software Settings:
   
   
   
   6. Right-click on Software installation and click New then select Package:
   
   
   
   7. Select the MSI package downloaded earlier.
   
   8. Select Advanced for the deployment method, then click OK:
   
   
   
   9. Select the Modifications tab and click Add... to add the transform file created earlier.
   
   
   
   10. Close the Group Policy Management Editor.
   
   Ensure that the Group policy is configured to apply to the required computers.

Follow these steps to deploy an update to the Exclaimer Signature Update Agent while using the existing GPO:

• Download a new version of the MSI package
  
  
• Work within the Group Policy Management

Downloading MSI package

To download the MSI package for the Exclaimer Signature Update Agent:

• Download a new version of the MSI installer for the Exclaimer Signature Update Agent.

Work within the Group Policy Management

To work from within the Group Policy Management:

1. Open Group Policy Management.
   
   
2. Locate the Group Policy Object (GPO) you used at the time of deploying the Exclaimer Signature Update Agent.
   
   
3. Right-click the GPO and click Edit.
   
   
4. Navigate to User Configuration > Policies > Software Settings > Software Installation.
   
   
5. Right-click on the existing software package and select All Tasks > Remove...
   
   
   
   
6. A message box is displayed, prompting you to select one of the software removal methods.
   
   Select the option to Immediately uninstall the software from users and computers:
   
   
   
7. Right-click in the deployed software pane and select New > Package...:
   
   
   
   
8. Select the new MSI file. Within the Exclaimer Signature Update Agent Properties window, Deployment tab, select the Deployment type as Assigned.
   
   
9. For a user-based installation, from the Deployment options select Install this application at logon.
   
   
10. Click Apply, then OK to save the changes made.