Exercise 1: Assessing the environment using the OEAT

In this exercise you will assess the current Office environment to establish the current addins that are installed and come up with a plan for the Office 2010 migration.

Task 1 – Create the settings file

In this first task you will configure the OEAT tool to be run on all the machines in your network.

1. Create a shared folder named OEAT
   1. Open Windows Explorer and navigate to %Office2010DeveloperTrainingKitPath%\Labs\AppCompatibility\Source\Starter
   2. Right click the folder and click Properties then switch to the Sharing tab
   3. Click Advanced Sharing on the Sharing tab

   4. Check the Share this folder checkbox and name the share OEAT

      Figure 1

      Create Network Share

   5. Click Permissions and verify that Everyone has Full Control of the share then click OK
   6. Click OK to close the Properties window
2. Create the settings file that will be used to configure each scanning process

   1. Navigate to \\demo2010a\OEAT in Windows Explorer and run OEAT-Release.exe

      Figure 2

      OEAT Startup

   2. Click the Run Wizard button to start the configuration process and click Next to move to the first step

   3. The tool will notify you of which areas will be scanned. Click Next to move to the next step

      Figure 3

      Automatic Scan Actions

   4. Select the No option to not run a passive scan and make sure the Run hidden check box is cleared then click Next

      Figure 4

      Configure Passive Scan Options

   5. Set the Path to \\demo2010a\OEAT to define where the results of each scan are stored and click Next

      Figure 5

      Setup Scan Output Path

   6. Click Finish to create the settings file
   7. Click Exit to close the OEAT tool
3. Create a batch file that will run the scan
   1. In \\demo2010a\OEAT create a new file named scan.bat
   2. Enter the following script into the batch file

      CMD

      \\demo2010a\OEAT\OEAT-Release.exe -scan
      Note:

      This batch file will run the process from any machine with access to the network share. This batch file can be run as part of a start up script or manually on each machine. Make sure the account running the batch file has read and write access to the network share to allow storage of the scan results.
   3. Double click scan.bat to start the scan of the local machine
      Note:

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Task 2 – Compile the results

Once the data files are retrieved from each machine on the network, the results will be compiled into a results Excel workbook.

1. Compile the results using the OEAT tool
   1. Navigate to \\demo2010a\OEAT in Windows Explorer and execute OEAT-Release.exe

   2. Click the Compile Results button to aggregate the results of all scans

      Figure 6

      Compile Results

2. Review the results of the compilation
   1. Locate the OEAT Report.xlsx file that was opened when the compile completed

   2. View the AllInstalledAddins and AddinsNotShippedWithOffice sheets to see a summary of installed add-ins

      Figure 7

      Compiled Results