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How To Deploy Microsoft Office 2010 Using SCCM 2012Prajwal Desai

In this post we will see how to deploy Microsof t Of f ice 2010 using SCCM 2012. SCCM 2012 isa very good tool when you think of deploying sof tware to the end computers. In this post wewill be deploying Microsof t Of f ice Prof essional Plus 2010 32 bit edit ion and the copy of Of f icethat we have is Volume License Edition of Microsof t Of f ice 2010, we will customize the Of f iceinstallation using a tool called Office Customization Tool which can be downloaded here . If you areusing a Volume License Edition of Microsof t Of f ice then OCT comes along with the it. We are basicallylooking f or an unattended setup of Microsof t Of f ice, this can be achieved only when you customize theinstallation using of f ice customization tool.

On my SCCM server (SCCM.PRAJWAL.LOCAL) i f irst copy the contents of of f ice 2010 in a f older calledOf f ice.

Next Launch the command prompt and change the path to the of f ice f older. Run the commandSetup.exe /admin.

You will see Microsoft Office Customization Tool, Choose Create a new setup customization f ilefor following product, verif y that correct product is selected. Click on OK.

Select Install location and organization name , in the text box provide the organization name .

Click on Licensing and user interface , you can choose a KMS key if you have a KMS server in your

organization. If you have a product key then type it. Check the box “I accept the terms in the licenseagreement“ set the Display level to Basic. Choose Suppress modal and No cancel.

Click on Modify Setup properties, Click Add, Provide the Name as SETUP_REBOOT and Value asNever.

Select Modify user sett ings, Microsoft Office 2010, Privacy, Trust Center. Double click the settingDisable Opt-in Wizard on f irst run and Set the status as Enabled.

Click on File, Save and save the MSP file in the Updates f older.

On the SCCM Server, Under the Application Management , right click Applications and select CreateApplication.

Choose Automatically detect information and set the location of the msi f ile as\\sccm.prajwal.local\Office\ProPlus.WW\ProPlusWW.msi. Click Next.

Click Next and Specif y the Installation program as setup.exe, choose Install behavior as Install forsystem. Click Next and Finish.

Right click the Microsof t Of f ice application that you have created and click Properties.

Navigate to Deployment Types, Click Edit .

The Content Location is set to \\sccm.prajwal.local\Office\ProPlus.WW.

You need to set the content location to \\sccm.prajwal.local\Office\ (Delete “ProPlusWW” f rom thepath)

In the Programs tab, set Uninstall program to setup.exe /uninstall.

Right the Microsof t Application and Distribute the content to the distribution Point. Do not proceed untilyou see the content status of the Microsof t Of f ice as Green. The green color indicates that the contenthas been distributed to distribution point successf ully.

Next We will deploy the Of f ice application to a device collection. Right click the Microsoft Officeapplication and click Deploy.

You can deploy it to a Device collection or User collections. You can also choose to deploy it to AllSystems. In this example, i have created a Device Collection All Windows 7 Systems that containWindows 7 systems. Click OK and Next.

We will Choose to Install the application and Purpose is set as Available .

Select User notif ications as Display in Software Center and show all notif ications. Click on Nextand Close.

On the client computer, launch the Sof tware center, Click Install to start the installation. The applicationis f irst downloaded and then installed. Wait f or f ew minutes to complete the installation.

The Microsof t Of f ice is installed successf ully.