Thursday, September 18, 2008 5:55 AM
Brian S. Tucker
Deploying Office 2007 with SCCM 2007
Deploying Office 2007 with a custom transform (.MSP) is a complex task due to all the possible configurations. To create the transform, you need to install the AdminTemplates.exe and then copy the admin folder to the Office 2007 CD source folder to open the custom configuration tool which is what saves the configurations to the .MSP file. The video shows how to make the configurations and setup the package and deploy it to a workstation.While the video shows the install visible, there are also ways to deploy the application silently so the end user is unaware of the package being installed. Despite the method you choose, the .MSP will hold all the configurations you will need to standardize your deployment as well as removal of previous versions of office. The video is about 30 minutes and covers all the tasks you need to deploy Office in your organization.Here is a link to the command line options and you can download the AdminTemplates.exe here.
The video can be viewed here and runs about 30 minutes.
Filed under: Systems Management, SCCM 2007, Level 5, Deploying Office 2007, SCCM 2007 R2