And nothing happens. Office SP1 with Proofing tools and two language packs. Office main office application is a dependency of Proofing tools, and so are the language packs. Put in micdosoft setup. See Fig 6. This file contains only the following information:.
 
 

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I have the proofing tools CD extracted to a folder location. I have a XML configured like below for the languages I want to add. I am distributing Office in my company and need to deploy the Language Accessory Pack. How can I perform a silent install?

 

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This on the other hand made Office upgrade itself without user interaction , which was not acceptable for a deployment that was made available NOT required.

After some googling I found out it was related to the supersedence settings. Then add the supersedence rules. Well, I found the solution to this dilemma myself — just leave one checkbox unticked. See Fig 6. This is actually the exact same procedure as for Proofing Tools You have to manually specify the languages proofing you need.

My file looks like this:. This bypasses all prompts in the setup process and installs 12 proofing languages. Again, this information is already available in my previous blog post about deploying Office Proofing Tools SP1 , so please have a look there before you continue. The difference in the version is that I will use different dependencies so that Office and the language packs will be installed before proofing tools is installed.

The installation command should now include our custom. The command I used was: setup. Ok — now you just have to add the uninstall information with a custom UN intallation xml-file.

This is also the same procedure as with the Office deployment. Anyway, I created a custom2. It includes basically the same information as the Office SP1 uninstallation xml-file:. There you have it. Both the install and the uninstall information are now specified.

You can now go ahead and make the same Supersedence rules as with the Office deployment:. I also specified the uninstallation information for Office proofing tools already, so I can hopefully use the same procedure with future versions of Microsoft Office. Luckily, Microsoft is using quite the same syntax as with proofing tools, so the task was actually quite simple. You start with the same procedure — checking for a valid config. Another nice thing is that you can use the SAME xml file for both the installation and the uninstallation.

The custom. The paths for the files are a bit different than with Proofing tools though. The xml file is in. The MSI-file used for deployment or actually only for getting the product code is in the same directory.

The installation and uninstallation strings are also a bit different. Let me show you some screenshots and whatnot from SCCM;. After this, you edit the Deployment Type.

First off, go to the Content location. This path will be wrong as the msi file is located in the OMUI. Replace the text with the one from Fig 10 below.

Fig It then installs silently thereafter. I have checked in the customization tool, and I have definitely selected yes to the licence agreement. Unfortunately I have no idea if there are any new features in that are not listed there. Initially reading I also was wondering like mikehak why you would download OCT. Of course reading your reply, the point is clear.

Maybe add the reasoning behind it in your article? Exact same reasoning you provided for situations where you would be using multiple. Very nice descriptive workflow! The KMS server has been setup. Is there a need to point the KMS clients to the host name, or does this happen automatically? My question now is how do i customize the deinstall process or what is the easiest way for lets say just using arguments the same way or a MSP to deinstall it the way I installed it?

Be aware that it executes the files in alphabetical order so if your. Is there anyway to create an installation log? My install seems to not work at all when i run it via a computer startup script, but work great when i run it manually. But now I have to remove the Skype for Business Components.

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Alex 6 years ago. Timo 6 years ago. Patrick 6 years ago. Litty, Very nice descriptive workflow! Steve 6 years ago. Ralph 5 years ago. Software Installation – How To. Endpoint Security Server Management Awards. Description This document provides you the steps required to deploy Microsoft Office to multiple computers using Endpoint Central.

System Requirements Before you deploy the software application, ensure that the computers to which you deploy Microsoft Office meet the system requirements prescribed by Microsoft.

Network share is recommended only if you want to deploy the software to computers within the network.