Agent Installation Methods

Device Control Plus is a client server model which manages all the endpoints in an enterprise from a centralized location. These are the various agent installation methods available for Desktop Management.

Automatic agent installation

The agents are installed automatically in the end-user's device and the installable gets deleted after a successful installation. This is used in places where there is minimal restriction on bandwidth consumption. Agents can be automatically installed in LAN network or in a remote office having a Distribution Server.

From Web Console: Automate agent installation from the product web console
Using SoM Policy: Agents get automatically installed in new machines when they are added to Active Directory
Remote agent installation: Install agents in remote office with or without a Distribution Server

Agent installation through GPO

When an enterprise has an Active Directory Domain based setup with numerous endpoints to be managed, the agent can be installed using the Group Policy Object.

Using GPO light-weight tool: Simplest method to install agent in an Active Directory based network
Using GPO scheduler: Fastest method to install the agent. Agents will be installed in the next refresh cycle
Using GPO start-up script: Most common method of agent installation using GPO

Agent installation for new machines

For enterprises which have new machines to be managed and where the required operating system has to be deployed, the agent can be deployed with the OS.

Windows OS imaging
Mac OS imaging
Linux OS imaging

Agent installation with SCCM

Navigate to the Agent tab > Agent Installation > Other methods > Download the zip folder present under SCCM tab.
Extract the UEMSAgent.msi and UEMSAgent.mst,, and paste them in a shared path accessible by all the computers you want to install the agent on.

-Kindly include DCAgentServerInfo.json file only if the build version is 10.1.2124.1 and above.

-Kindly include DMRootCA.crt and DMRootCA-Server.crt files only if the build version is 10.0.653 and above.

Change the shared path location as mentioned in the batch file, and create an SCCM package with this script.
Deploy this package, and the agents will be installed in the target computers.

Agent installation for cloud based setup

The product server can be hosted in cloud using Microsoft Azure or AWS. The agents can be deployed in Azure AD and AWS instances.

In Azure AD environment: Agents can be installed with Intune or Azure automation Service
To AWS instances: Agents can be deployed in bulk in AWS

Manual agent installation

When there are numerous roaming users which move out of the network periodically or when there is bandwidth constraints, the installable can be downloaded and placed in a shared folder.

Download agent installable

Bulk agent deployment

When there are numerous endpoints in a workgroup based setup in an enterprise, using IP ranges, agents can be deployed in bulk to all the devices.

IP ranges: Agent can be installed using IP address or IP ranges or using computer names

Silent agent installation

When there is no need for manual intervention, agents can be installed in a silent manner. Silent command can also be used to install agent from any other third party tool.

Steps for silent installation

Agent installation through network share

Agent installer files can be easily accessed from a common central location. There is no need for transferring complete agent installer files to all devices in a network.

Network share installation