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How-to Deploy Office 2007 by MSI and config.xml

Asked by: ccdc12

I have read the technet article but I still need help
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc179214.aspx

could someone give me clear instruction on deploying Office 2007 using the MSI file in the Group Policy software installation and how to use the config.xml deploying this method.

second question.
depoying this way can the software be cashe to the user computer first and then come back and do the install later?

third question.
can this be deployed by machine name and not by user name?

please do not send me to an articles. give clear and simple instruction for the 500 points

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by: ThinkPaperPosted on 2009-01-22 at 14:13:01ID: 23444271

I'm afraid I'm going to have to give you a link.. This is a really good resource you should take a look at:
http://www.msfn.org/board/Office-2007-Unattended-Setup-and-Fine-tuning-t72392.html

Basically you have 2 ways to create an unattended installation: by config.xml or by msp.

If you choose config.xml, you would need to modify the text as needed and save it. When you run the MSI, it should reference config.xml by default. If you want to specify different configurations (with different names) you can run the install and specify the config file by typing:
setup.exe /config mycustomconfig.xml
(below is an example for Office 2007 Professional)

If you choose to do a MSP for the install, you will need to run the administration tool to create the MSP:
setup.exe /admin

This will initiate the creation of your MSP.
Once created, it will not automatically use the MSP for installation. You will need to run this command to do so:
setup.exe /adminfile mycustom.msp

As for group policy installation, one question:
do the machines have existing Office installed (2003) and was that deployed by GPO?

I advise you be VERY wary of deploying Office 2007 via GP. If you've read other posts, you'll find that MS has seemlingly stopped "pushing" GP as a way to deploy software. While they give you some insight in deploying Office 2007 via GP, they don't offer much. Support is minimal. The issues you may run into with the GP install are: (which i've ran into)
- Office installing partially on some systems.
- Office 2003 not being removed from the client machines and Office 2007 installed side by side or partially on the machine
- When user logs on, it may take 10-15 for "Office 2007 setup".

>>depoying this way can the software be cashe to the user computer first and then come back and do the install later?
Yes, but not by GP. A script will handle this much better and I believe this is one of the options MS has provided (via logon script or on reboot)

>>can this be deployed by machine name and not by user name?
Yes you can set it up to do a machine installation vs user install. It does NOT have to be a user based install

Ultimately, I ended up doing a gradual deployments based room by room .. We did a step by step process to minimize problems...
1) remotely remove office 2003 and initiate reboot
2) A script to locally cache the needed files
3) run the script to install the software and reboot
3) log on 1 machine in the room remotely to ensure that the installation caused no issues and office 2007 deployed properly.

<Configuration Product="Pro">
 
<Display Level="none" CompletionNotice="no" SuppressModal="yes" AcceptEula="yes" />
 
<PIDKEY Value="BCDFGHJKMPQRTVWXY2346789B" />
<USERNAME Value="0wner" />
<COMPANYNAME Value="0wn Inc." />
 
 
<OptionState Id="ACCESSFiles" State="absent" Children="force" /> //access
<OptionState Id="OUTLOOKFiles" State="absent" Children="force" /> //outlook
<OptionState Id="PubPrimary" State="absent" Children="force" /> //publisher
<OptionState Id="AceRepl" State="absent" Children="force" /> //access db Engine replication
<OptionState Id="CAGFiles" State="Local" Children="force" /> //Clip Organizer
<OptionState Id="MSSOAP3" State="absent" Children="force" /> //SOAP toolkit
<OptionState Id="OsaNonBoot" State="Local" Children="force" /> //new,open office docu lnks
<OptionState Id="ProofingTools_1036" State="absent" Children="force" /> //french
<OptionState Id="ProofingTools_3082" State="absent" Children="force" /> //spanish
<OptionState Id="WISPFiles" State="absent" Children="force" /> //handwriting
<OptionState Id="DocServicesFiles" State="absent" Children="force" /> //docu update util
<OptionState Id="HTMLSourceEditing" State="absent" Children="force" /> //script editor
<OptionState Id="DocumentImagingUtils" State="absent" Children="force" /> //scanning,ocr,indexing
<OptionState Id="OISFiles" State="absent" Children="force" /> //picture manager
<OptionState Id="OSESupp" State="absent" Children="force" /> //sharepoint support
<OptionState Id="QueryFiles" State="absent" Children="force" /> //msQuery
<OptionState Id="VisioPreviewerFiles" State="absent" Children="force" /> //visio viewer
<OptionState Id="XDOCSFiles" State="absent" Children="force" /> //infopath
 
<!-- These are additionals from Enterprise RTM
<OptionState Id="GrooveFiles" State="absent" Children="force" /> //groove
<OptionState Id="OneNoteFiles" State="absent" Children="force" /> //onenote
<OptionState Id="RefIEBarFiles" State="absent" Children="force" /> //research explorer bar
<OptionState Id="WebDriveFiles" State="absent" Children="force" /> //hosted webs
<OptionState Id="VBAFiles" State="absent" Children="force" /> //VB for applications
<OptionState Id="OfficeDigitalSFiles" State="absent" Children="force" /> //vba certificates
-->
 
</Configuration>

                                              
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by: ThinkPaperPosted on 2009-01-22 at 14:14:48ID: 23444286

And as for the integration of SP1 into Office 2007, you can simply dump the MSPs into the Updates folder and it will automatically run it after the install. However - note that this will increase the installation time.

 

by: ccdc12Posted on 2009-01-23 at 07:34:16ID: 23449775

That is great!

I do have one more question.
can a MSP be installed silently with out users interaction and how?

Thanks
Great Answer

 

by: ThinkPaperPosted on 2009-01-23 at 08:14:25ID: 23450227

Are you talking about the MSP for SP1 or the MSP for the customization of Office 2007?

I haven't tried this, but for SP1 (by itself) you should be able to deploy it thru WSUS or automatically with the Office 2007 install (using the Updates folder) or do a deploy with a command similar to:
"\\server\officesp1\office2007sp1-kb936982-fullfile-en-us.exe" /passive /norestart
To do a remote deploy you can use PsExec to assist with this:
psexec @computerlist.txt -u domain/Admin -p Passwd -c "\\server\officesp1\office2007sp1-kb936982-fullfile-en-us.exe" /passive /norestart
*Note I haven't tested these commands so it may need some tweaking to get it to work.
From what I understand, you _cannot_ use Group Policy to deploy SP1 by itself.

As for the MSP customization for Office 2007 you will need to specify which custom.MSP it is using:
setup.exe /adminfile mycustom.msp
This will not work with a GP deploy though since it GP deployment DOES not use MSP, it will refer to the CONFIG.XML for customization options.

 

by: XellizPosted on 2010-03-18 at 12:40:20ID: 27837750

@ ThinkPaper - I have spent all day looking at various articles on Office 2007 and GP.  I have seen you post the link http://www.msfn.org/board/Office-2007-Unattended-Setup-and-Fine-tuning-t72392.html in a number of responses and would love to read this but I am unable to find it.  I have even registered at this website, but cannot go to this topic nor find it via search.

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