The KACE SMA appliance allows packaged definitions to contain .MSI, .EXE, .ZIP and other file types for software deployment. A simple litmus test of the KACE SMA appliance’s ability to install a package is “Can this file be installed by an administrator on a local machine either by running a single file or BAT file or VBScript?” If so, the package can be installed remotely by the KACE SMA appliance. In order to simplify the distribution and installation process, the package definition can also contain parameters that are passed to the installer at run time on the local machine.