Deploying the 2007 Office system by using System Center Configuration Manager

re: Deploying the 2007 Office system by using System Center Configuration Manager

RossCC — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 23:04:55 GMT

Hi Stopspamjunk, it is possible that you are using a different version of Office 2007 - instead of the Enterprise version used as an example throughout this article (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd630737.aspx). For example, if you have Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007 then the file would be proplusww.msi. Here are some links that may be of further assistance:

How to determine which version of a 2007 Office product is installed - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928116

Run Setup from the local installation source to install the 2007 Office system - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc179070.aspx

If needed, there is always the option of contacting Microsoft's Technical Support - http://support.microsoft.com/common/international.aspx?RDPATH=dm;en-us;select&target=assistance

re: Deploying the 2007 Office system by using System Center Configuration Manager

Stopspamjunk — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 04:42:44 GMT

enterpriseww.msi is missing from my computer

I didn't want outlook but everytime I click on anyones link to do an email it always tries to open outlook instead of yahoo.com or telling me the email address.

Since I removed outlook from my system those clicks causes my computer to go wakoo in that it keeps opening new tabs with error and I literally have to force reboot my computer to stop it.

Then I learned that my computer is missing enterpriseww.msi could this be the problem and if so how do I put that in my computer?

re: Deploying the 2007 Office system by using System Center Configuration Manager

RossCC — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 18:47:14 GMT

Hi Alex, you can use the setup property, SETUP_REBOOT, with the value of, Never, to avoid the forced reboot at the end of the installation. This can be done by using the Office Configuration Tool (OCT) or the config.xml file to customize the setup process. For more information please reference the articles under the following topic, Setup reference for Office 2010, located here: http://tnstage.redmond.corp.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc179099(office.14).aspx

re: Deploying the 2007 Office system by using System Center Configuration Manager

Alex — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:12:06 GMT

Hi,

The procedure works perfect! 10x

I have a scenario and i nedd help with it!

I want to deploy outlook'07 with sccm in my organization where i have only outlook'03.

I don't want to close outlook'03 during install(upgrade) and i don't want to restart the machines after the setup finishes.

I've tested the silent install and the setup works fine with outlook'03 opened, but after setup finishes i get a big force restart, and i want to avoid that.

Thanks!

re: Deploying the 2007 Office system by using System Center Configuration Manager

RossCC — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:42:46 GMT

Hi Safdar, I'm glad to hear you were able to do a silent install of Office 2007 using SCCM. Here are some references that may assist you in deploying an OS using SCCM:

TechNet Webcast: Deploying Operating Systems with System Center Configuration Manager 2007 - http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032352696&CountryCode=US

The Configuration Manager Support Team Blog - http://blogs.technet.com/configurationmgr/default.aspx

re: Deploying the 2007 Office system by using System Center Configuration Manager

Safdar Rizvi — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:09:55 GMT

I used our production version of office 2007 installation and was able to deploy. I will do other troubleshooting later on.

Now i was test deploying operating system. First step is to install WDS and when i go to add and remove component i do not see WDS option and do not why? I am using Windows 2003 R2 SP1. Can you help me on that please? In meanwhile, i will do more research.

I already have Windows AIK installed and Deployment toolkit.

Thank you,

Safdar Rizvi

re: Deploying the 2007 Office system by using System Center Configuration Manager

RossCC — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:18:03 GMT

Hi Safdar, did the log file provide any error messages? Also, you can look in the Windows Event Viewer under the log files there - seeing if there are any errors that correspond to the time stamps in the log file in the \Windows\Temp directory.

For more information about the \updates folder see the "Updates Folder" section in the following link: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc178995.aspx.

The reason I suggested trying one application only, such as Word, is to try and isolate whether one of the other applications is causing the problem. For example, another customer found the problem to be related to Access. Here's a quote from the previous post: "...I figured out why it was failing. In my OCT file, I configured ACCESS as "Installed on 1st use", but it required "Visual Basic for Applications", which needed user intervention. That's why the Setup.exe was hanging in the process. I reconfigured the program to "Allow users to interact with this program", re-deployed the package, ran the advertisement, saw what the problem and fixed it."

If needed, there is always the option of contacting Microsoft's Technical Support - http://support.microsoft.com/common/international.aspx?RDPATH=dm;en-us;select&target=assistance

re: Deploying the 2007 Office system by using System Center Configuration Manager

Safdar Rizvi — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:31:47 GMT

Sorry for getting back so late, I was out for 2 days. Here is the situation.

We do have volume license.

I do see On the targeted client computer(s) in the \Windows\Temp directory there should be a log file (if setup.exe started) for the attempted installation of Office

We definetly do not have internet access, because we are in test lab and i am not sure about this step.

I did import EnterpriseWW.msi file and installing enterprise version.

I did not try to install MS Word only.

If i say allow user to interact with program then installation works and enterprise version gets installed on client computer, but user do have to choose enterprise version and then click contiue to finish installation.

Please let me know what else i can try to do silent install.

re: Deploying the 2007 Office system by using System Center Configuration Manager

RossCC — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:26:22 GMT

Hi Safdar, here are some troubleshooting steps from a previous post to the updated version of this article.

Also, the final version of this article has been posted to TechNet, located here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd630737.aspx

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Here are some troubleshooting steps to hopefully help isolate the problem.

1) Make sure you are using a volume license - requisite for silent install

2) On the targeted client computer(s) in the \Windows\Temp directory there should be a log file (if setup.exe started) for the attempted installation of Office. It would be named: SetupExe(20090310xxxxxxxxx).log - where year, month, and day are the first 8 digits within the enclosed parenthesis. If you are not seeing a .log file for Office setup then the troubleshooting should be within SCCM, which contains multiple log files for troubleshooting.

3) If you do see the SetupExe(xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx).log then open the file to see if there are any errors indicating why setup did not complete.

4) One possible reason would be if you are testing in a lab environment without internet access and there are update files from the Office DVD source in the \Updates folder which require access for validation.

5) Another possible reason is if you import the "EnterpriseWW.msi" file when creating a program for SCCM but are actually installing Office Professional Plus (ProPlus), which was referenced when you created the .msp file using setup /admin.

6) Finally, as a troubleshooting step you can try creating a new .msp file with only one product (such as MS Word) from the Office 2007 Suite. This is done when using setup /admin (using the OCT). You can select which products to install under Features | Set feature installation states.

re: Deploying the 2007 Office system by using System Center Configuration Manager

Safdar Rizvi — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:59:55 GMT

I have read through and tested your procedure, but I still seem to be having problems with the deployment. It seems my install hangs, setup.exe is running but nothing happens. after the 2 hour run time limit is reached, it ends and gives an error 10070, Program failed (run time exceeded). Is there soemthing I am missing? I followed as best I can to fit my SCCM system.

I have tried everything and yet no luck. I was able to deploy adobe with no problem. I am testing office 2007 deployment in our lab.