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Deploy 1Password for Mac and Windows

Learn how to deploy 1Password for Mac and Windows on multiple computers for your organization.

If you’re an IT administrator, you can deploy 1Password for Mac or Windows to computers across your organization.

Deploy 1Password for Mac

Step 1: Plan your deployment

Determine which installer is best for your use case:

Step 2: Deploy 1Password

1Password must be installed in the /Applications folder to work properly. Don’t install the app in the user ~/Applications folder.

If your deployment tool requests a bundle identifier, enter com.1password.1password. If it also requests a group identifier, enter 2BUA8C4S2C.com.1password.

Step 3: Monitor for updates

Subscribe to the RSS feed to keep track of 1Password for Mac updates. To install updates, follow the guidelines for the installer you used:

  • 1Password.app: Replace the installer at least every 6 months.
  • 1Password.pkg: Replace the installer at least every month.

Deploy 1Password in a virtualized environment

If you deploy 1Password for Mac to a virtualized environment, you’ll need to make sure local data for the 1Password app is preserved between sessions. This will allow your users to unlock 1Password without entering their Secret Key or repeating the steps to set up a linked app or browser every time they’re provisioned to a new virtual machine.

Local data for 1Password is stored in this folder:

~/Library/Group\ Containers/2BUA8C4S2C.com.1password/Library/Application\ Support/1Password

To make sure your users can save and fill passwords in their browser, deploy 1Password in the browser for your team. The 1Password app also needs to be installed with the local data folder preserved between sessions.

Deploy 1Password for Windows

Step 1: Plan your deployment

Important

Uninstall previous versions of 1Password on any computers where you want to deploy the app, including per-user installations. This avoids multiple installations of 1Password being available on a device.

If you deploy the MSI, it will automatically remove other copies of 1Password from the active user during installation.

Determine which installer is best for your use case:

Per-user (.exe)

  • Automatic updates are turned on.
  • Admin privileges are not required for install.
  • Application files are installed to %LocalAppData%.

Download the 1Password .exe installer.

Machine-wide (.msi)

  • Automatic updates are turned off. Your IT team must deploy new versions of 1Password.
  • Application files are installed to %ProgramFiles%.
  • Some msiexec commands are supported.

Download the 1Password MSI.

Step 2: Deploy 1Password

Follow the steps in your deployment software to deploy the installer you downloaded in step 1. For example, to deploy 1Password on a per-user basis with Intune, prepare a .intunewin file then add and assign the app.

Step 3: Monitor for updates

Subscribe to the RSS feed to keep track of updates to 1Password for Windows. To install updates, follow the guidelines for the installer you used:

  • .exe: Replace the installer at least every 6 months.
  • .msi: Replace the package at least every month.

Important

If you deploy 1Password with the MSI, it won’t automatically update. You can visit the 1Password Releases website or subscribe to the RSS feed to check for app updates.

Deploy 1Password in a virtualized environment

If you deploy 1Password for Windows to a virtualized environment, such as VMWare Horizon, you’ll need to make sure local data for the 1Password app is preserved between sessions. This will allow your users to unlock 1Password without entering their Secret Key or repeating the steps to set up a linked app or browser every time they’re provisioned to a new virtual machine.

Local data for 1Password is stored in this folder:

%LocalAppData%\1Password

To make sure your users can save and fill passwords in their browser, deploy 1Password in the browser for your team. The 1Password app also needs to be installed with the local data folder preserved between sessions.

Get help

To get help deploying 1Password, contact your Customer Success Manager or 1Password Business Support.

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