Install FortiClient Installer from EMS Cloud to Windows PCs automatically without need to enter Invitation code

Hi FortiEng_345,

I encourage someone to correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe that in FortiClient on-premises, the administrator can set ‘Enforce invitation-only registration for’ to ‘none’ under System Settings -> EMS Settings. This should allow multiple installations without invitation codes, but I’m not sure if this is possible in EMS.

Hi,

you can create an MSI installer in FortiClient EMS Cloud and deploy it to your endpoints via Group Policy. This allows you to roll out FortiClient to a large number of endpoints without manually entering an invitation code on each endpoint.

If you want to use a FortiEndpoint installer that includes the FortiEDR feature, there is one additional consideration: FortiEndpoint installers that include FortiEDR cannot be created as MSI packages.

In that case, you can use a two-stage deployment:

1. Create a FortiClient installer without the FortiEDR feature and generate it as an MSI package.
2. Deploy this MSI package to your endpoints via Group Policy. The endpoints can then automatically register with your FortiClient EMS Cloud instance.
3. Once the endpoints are managed by EMS, deploy a second installer that includes the FortiEDR feature through FortiClient EMS Cloud (FortiEndpoint EMS).

This way, you can perform the initial deployment and registration centrally without having to manually enter the invitation code on each of your 300+ endpoints.

Kind regards,
MG4