Deploying Office 2007 with ConfigMgr 2012 RC1

It’s so easy to deploy Microsoft Office 2007 with Configuration Manager 2012 as well as Configuration Manager 2007. For this, you have to follow these steps :

1. You have to create a msp file for Office 2007 using OCT then place it under the folder called “Update”

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2. On ConfigMgr 2012, create a package for Office 2007

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3. Give all needed informations about your package

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4. Choose “Standard program”

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5. Specify installation parameters

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6. Click next

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7. Add you package to a DP

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8. Click next

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9. Click Add/Distribution point then select your DP then click next.

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10. Make sure that the package was distributed to the DP (You can look at the “Content Status” or Distmgr.log)

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11. Deploy the package on a collection

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12. Specify settings to control the software deployment

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13. Configure the schedule

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14. Configure the user experience depending on your need

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14. Select “ Download content …” then click next

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15. You can look at the “Deployment Status” dashboard to be sure that the deployment of Office was done successfully. Of course you always use log files (e.g : execmgr.log) and ConfigMgr reports.

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