Deploying Office 2003 Pro

[Bart Perrier]

I have been successful in deploying Office 2003 Pro using the /a option and
then the Custom Installation from the ORK.exe. When I create the MST file,
it appears to copy a complete source per my setup selections. My questions
is, when I configure my GPO to install the software, should it point to the
MSI in the folder with the MST or the MSI in the admin installation point
folder?

Thanks.

Bart

 

[Susan Ramlet]

Hi, Bart,

I don't have a definitive answer for you, but I would suspect you'd want to
point to the local MSI in case the system is disconnected and needs to
repair its installation. Especially if you are installing from the local
source.

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[Project2501a]

I have been successful in deploying Office 2003 Pro using the /a option and
then the Custom Installation from the ORK.exe. When I create the MST file,
it appears to copy a complete source per my setup selections. My questions
is, when I configure my GPO to install the software, should it point to the
MSI in the folder with the MST or the MSI in the admin installation point
folder?

Thanks.

Bart

i have a defenite answer for you and it's the one microsoft recommends
if you're doing unattended installs/or from GPO:
find yourself 2-3 computers with 600mb of storage each. join computers
in domain. create shares. make sure the storage is redundant. make a
copy of your administrative install into each share. use DFS.
(Distributed filesystem). join individual shares into a global one.
add GPO. point at your \\server\unattended\office11\office11.msi
TRANSFORMS="Mytransform.mst". use appropriate permittions on DFS
share. buy LTO, create backup of contents of DFS share. shake. do not
stir. Get coffee. buy microsoft book on GPO and w2k3 administration.
read. enjoy coffee.

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