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Deploy and deliver apps and updates

  1. Adobe Enterprise & Teams: Administration guide
  2. Plan your deployment
    1. Basic concepts
      1. Licensing
      2. Identity
      3. User management
      4. App deployment
      5. Admin Console overview
      6. Admin roles
    2. Deployment Guides
      1. Named User deployment guide
      2. SDL deployment guide
      3. Deploy Adobe Acrobat 
    3. Deploy Creative Cloud for education
      1. Deployment home
      2. K-12 Onboarding Wizard
      3. Simple setup
      4. Syncing Users
      5. Roster Sync K-12 (US)
      6. Key licensing concepts
      7. Deployment options
      8. Quick tips
      9. Approve Adobe apps in Google Admin Console
      10. Enable Adobe Express in Google Classroom
      11. Integration with Canvas LMS
      12. Integration with Blackboard Learn
      13. Configuring SSO for District Portals and LMSs
      14. Add users through Roster Sync
      15. Kivuto FAQ
      16. Primary and Secondary institution eligibility guidelines
  3. Set up your organization
    1. Identity types | Overview
    2. Set up identity | Overview
    3. Set up organization with Enterprise ID
    4. Setup Azure AD federation and sync
      1. Set up SSO with Microsoft via Azure OIDC
      2. Add Azure Sync to your directory
      3. Role sync for Education
      4. Azure Connector FAQ
    5. Set up Google Federation and sync
      1. Set up SSO with Google Federation
      2. Add Google Sync to your directory
      3. Google federation FAQ
    6. Set up organization with Microsoft ADFS
    7. Set up organization for District Portals and LMS
    8. Set up organization with other Identity providers
      1. Create a directory
      2. Verify ownership of a domain
      3. Add domains to directories
    9. SSO common questions and troubleshooting
      1. SSO Common questions
      2. SSO Troubleshooting
      3. Education common questions
  4. Manage your organization setup
    1. Manage existing domains and directories
    2. Enable automatic account creation
    3. Set up organization via directory trust
    4. Migrate to a new authentication provider 
    5. Asset settings
    6. Authentication settings
    7. Privacy and security contacts
    8. Console settings
    9. Manage encryption  
  5. Manage users
    1. Overview
    2. Administrative roles
    3. User management strategies
      1. Manage users individually   
      2. Manage multiple users (Bulk CSV)
      3. User Sync tool (UST)
      4. Microsoft Azure Sync
      5. Google Federation Sync
    4. Assign licenses to a Teams user
    5. Add users with matching email domains
    6. Change user's identity type
    7. Manage user groups
    8. Manage directory users
    9. Manage developers
    10. Migrate existing users to the Adobe Admin Console
    11. Migrate user management to the Adobe Admin Console
  6. Manage products and entitlements
    1. Manage products and product profiles
      1. Manage products
      2. Buy products and licenses
      3. Manage product profiles for enterprise users
      4. Manage automatic assignment rules
      5. Entitle users to train Firefly custom models
      6. Review product requests
      7. Manage self-service policies
      8. Manage app integrations
      9. Manage product permissions in the Admin Console  
      10. Enable/disable services for a product profile
      11. Single App | Creative Cloud for enterprise
      12. Optional services
    2. Manage Shared Device licenses
      1. What's new
      2. Deployment guide
      3. Create packages
      4. Recover licenses
      5. Manage profiles
      6. Licensing toolkit
      7. Shared Device Licensing FAQ
  7. Get started with Global Admin Console
    1. Adopt global administration
    2. Select your organization
    3. Manage organization hierarchy
    4. Manage product profiles
    5. Manage administrators
    6. Manage user groups
    7. Update organization policies
    8. Manage policy templates
    9. Allocate products to child organizations
    10. Execute pending jobs
    11. Explore insights
    12. Export or import organization structure
  8. Manage storage and assets
    1. Storage
      1. Manage enterprise storage
      2. Adobe Creative Cloud: Update to storage
      3. Manage Adobe storage
    2. Asset migration
      1. Automated Asset Migration
      2. Automated Asset Migration FAQ  
      3. Manage transferred assets
    3. Reclaim assets from a user
    4. Student asset migration | EDU only
      1. Automatic student asset migration
      2. Migrate your assets
  9. Manage services
    1. Adobe Stock
      1. Adobe Stock credit packs for teams
      2. Adobe Stock for enterprise
      3. Use Adobe Stock for enterprise
      4. Adobe Stock License Approval
    2. Custom fonts
    3. Adobe Asset Link
      1. Overview
      2. Create user group
      3. Configure Adobe Experience Manager Assets
      4. Configure and install Adobe Asset Link
      5. Manage assets
      6. Adobe Asset Link for XD
    4. Adobe Acrobat Sign
      1. Set up Adobe Acrobat Sign for enterprise or teams
      2. Adobe Acrobat Sign - Team feature Administrator
      3. Manage Adobe Acrobat Sign on the Admin Console
    5. Creative Cloud for enterprise - free membership
      1. Overview
  10. Deploy apps and updates
    1. Overview
      1. Deploy and deliver apps and updates
      2. Plan to deploy
      3. Prepare to deploy
    2. Create packages
      1. Package apps via the Admin Console
      2. Create Named User Licensing Packages
      3. Adobe templates for packages
      4. Manage packages
      5. Manage device licenses
      6. Serial number licensing
    3. Customize packages
      1. Customize the Creative Cloud desktop app
      2. Include extensions in your package
    4. Deploy Packages 
      1. Deploy packages
      2. Deploy Adobe packages using Microsoft Intune
      3. Deploy Adobe packages with SCCM
      4. Deploy Adobe packages with ARD
      5. Install products in the Exceptions folder
      6. Uninstall Creative Cloud products
      7. Use Adobe provisioning toolkit enterprise edition
      8. Adobe Creative Cloud licensing identifiers
    5. Manage updates
      1. Change management for Adobe enterprise and teams customers
      2. Deploy updates
    6. Adobe Update Server Setup Tool (AUSST)
      1. AUSST Overview
      2. Set up the internal update server
      3. Maintain the internal update server
      4. Common use cases of AUSST   
      5. Troubleshoot the internal update server
    7. Adobe Remote Update Manager (RUM)
      1. Use Adobe Remote Update Manager
      2. Resolve RUM errors
    8. Troubleshoot
      1. Troubleshoot Creative Cloud apps installation and uninstallation errors
      2. Query client machines to check if a package is deployed
      3. Creative Cloud package "Installation Failed" error message
  11. Manage your Teams account
    1. Overview
    2. Update payment details
    3. Manage invoices
    4. Change contract owner
    5. Change your plan
    6. Change reseller
    7. Cancel your plan
    8. Purchase Request compliance
    9. Manage your team in Adobe Express
  12. Renewals
    1. Teams membership: Renewals
    2. Enterprise in VIP: Renewals and compliance
  13. Manage contracts
    1. Automated expiration stages for ETLA contracts
    2. Switching contract types within an existing Adobe Admin Console
    3. Value Incentive Plan (VIP) in China
    4. VIP Select help
  14. Reports & logs
    1. Audit Log
    2. Assignment reports
    3. Content Logs
  15. Get help
    1. Contact Adobe Customer Care
    2. Support options for teams accounts
    3. Support options for enterprise accounts
    4. Support options for Experience Cloud

Learn how you can deploy and deliver Adobe apps and updates for teams & enterprise users.

To create a package, navigate to Admin Console > Packages, and click Create a Package.

Create a package

Adobe delivers updates, features, and new versions of apps as they become available. Decide how to deploy and deliver these apps and updates to your end users. There are several options available, and you can choose one or more that best suits your requirements.

 

 

 

Self-service

 

Self-service packages
Self-service packages with AUSST
Managed packages
Managed packages with AUSST
Description The users can install apps and updates using the Creative Cloud desktop app that they can download from Adobe.
The users can install apps and updates using the Creative Cloud desktop app that they can install from the package.
The users install apps and updates using the Creative Cloud desktop app from your internal update server.
The users can install apps and updates from the package. You can also use the Remote Update Manager to deploy updates remotely from Adobe.com.
The users can install apps and updates from the package. You can also use the Remote Update Manager to deploy updates remotely from your internal update server.
Suitable for license type

Named User Licenses (enterprise or teams)

Named User Licenses (enterprise or teams), Shared Device Licenses, Device Licenses
Sample use cases
  • Fulfill diverse and changing requirements of apps
  • Reduce the initial footprint on machines

Besides what self-service packages offer:

  • Reduce Internet bandwidth consumption
  • Have tighter control on updates
  • Control restricted environments with limited web access
  • Provide all users with the same app versions for file compatibility
  • Reduce Internet bandwidth consumption
Besides what managed packages offer:
  • Have tighter control on updates
Permitted app versions The Creative Cloud desktop app allows users to install the latest apps and previous major versions of each. For details on supported versions, see the Creative Cloud Support Policy.

The packages tab in Admin Console gives you access to package any version of the Creative Cloud apps.

However, with Shared Device Licensing, you can only package app versions Creative Cloud 2019 and later.

Requires Administrative privileges and an active Internet connection on the users' machines

An active Internet connection on the users' machines

An internal update server with an active Internet connection
A dedicated IT Admin
An internal update server and a dedicated IT Admin
Admin control over apps and updates 1 (Least) 2 3 4 5 (Most)
Ease of deploying 5 (Most)

4

2 3 1 (Least)

 

 

Make apps available to users

Assign relevant licenses (teams) or product profiles (enterprise) to the users
Create a self-service package and deploy the package to the user machines
Create a managed package, and deploy the package to the user machines

 

 

 

 

 

Make updates available to users

The users have access to the Creative Cloud desktop app and can install apps and updates as required.

Create an update-only package, or use the Remote Update Manager to deploy updates remotely from Adobe.com.
Create an update-only package, or use the Remote Update Manager to deploy updates remotely from your internal update server.
Manage updates remotely Not applicable Enable Remote Update Manager to remotely run the updates on a user's machine
Enable/disable apps panel for users Apps panel is enabled by default, can't be disabled

Use the Enable self-service install and Allow non-admin to update and install apps options while creating the package.

End-user experience Download the Creative Cloud desktop app from Adobe.com and use it to install apps and updates.
Install the Creative Cloud desktop app from the package and use it to install apps and updates.
Install apps and updates from a package, or the Creative Cloud desktop app if the Apps panel is enabled.
Next steps for admins Ensure that the users have the required apps and services assigned
Next steps for users Get started with your Creative Cloud membership

You can also create packages to uninstall products and licenses or that have only Acrobat.

Deploy packages

After you create the package, choose from the following methods to deploy the package:

For information on how to deploy updates, see Change management for Adobe enterprise and teams customers.

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