Central deployment of WorkPoint Express

1. Deployment of WorkPoint Express

2. Update the deployment of a WorkPoint Express version

3. Update the deployment of WorkPoint Express with WorkPoint Email Manager Journalize flag

WorkPoint Express can be deployed to multiple client computers from Microsoft Endpoint(Intune) as a Win32 app*, with SCCM, a scripted installation or other centralized deployment systems that support standard MSI packages.

Apart from the documentation provided in this document WorkPoint does not provide any additional free support in regards to the central deployment of WorkPoint Express.

A typical MSI deployment of WorkPoint Express contains the following command-line arguments:

WPREGSERVICEURL and SOLUTIONID are required properties.

• WPREGSERVICEURL

Used to define the central web service URL. This is static and should be https://wpedatastore.azurewebsites.net.

• SOLUTIONID

Always required. Follows the format XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX

This is your license key for WorkPoint Express.

There are additional properties that can be set.

• WPACCESSGROUP

Optional. This is used to define a local Active Directory group for which members WorkPoint Express will be loaded in Microsoft Office applications. Note that an Azure AD group cannot be used, since it requires a local AD group. A typical scenario is a terminal server, where only a select group of users should have WorkPoint Express loading in their Office applications.

Example:

• WPINSTALLJOURNALIZEFLAG

Optional. WorkPoint Email Manager specific feature (not installed by default).

Example:

Example of a scripted WorkPoint Express installation with a defined WPACCESSGRUOUP and WPINSTALLJOURNALIZEFLAG set to be installed.

Control in which Office applications WorkPoint Express will be installed with the following MSI properties:

• WPOUTLOOK=""

• WorkPoint Express add-in will not be installed in Outlook.

• WPWORD=""

• WorkPoint Express add-in will not be installed in Word.

• WPEXCEL=""

• WorkPoint Express add-in will not be installed in Excel

• WPPOWERPOINT="" 

• WorkPoint Express add-in will not be installed in PowerPoint

Example where WorkPoint Express only will be installed as an add-in in Outlook:

When WorkPoint releases a new version of WorkPoint Express you should not attempt to uninstall the previous version from the clients through scripts or other types of uninstall actions.

WorkPoint Express automatically handles the previous version installed and updates it automatically.

In Microsoft EndPoint Manager (Intune) this means you only have to replace the Win32 Package or create a new Win32 app, and supersede the previous version*.

The same procedure applies to scripted installations, SCCM deployments or any other deployment solutions. Do not uninstall the previous version.

If you use WorkPoint Express in conjunction with WorkPoint Email Manager Journalize flag (a standalone Windows application), we recommend the following approach:

Create a cmd file with the following lines:

Create an Intune Win32 app package with the WorkPoint Express msi file, corresponding to the bit version of the installed Office application, and the previously mentioned cmd file.

In Intune, create an new Win32 App and in the install command, replace the MSI install command with:

Replace Install_WPE_64bit.cmd with your chosen .cmd file name.

This approach ensures that WorkPoint.JournalizeFlag.exe isn't hindering an update of the application.

*You must at least have WorkPoint Express version 6.3.0 or later installed on your client devices prior to updating the existing WorkPoint Express installation as an Win32 app through Microsoft Intune.