Network 2003 rollout using BITS?

[Ken Piper]

Hi all, I posted this in the GP/AD newsgroups, but no answer (apologies for
the
repost):

Hi all, I have a network install of Office 2k3 ready to rollout, and I have
a test 'Publish' GPO to roll it out, but I dont' want to swamp my network
with people installing office.

Is there any way to set this up in an SUS-BITS type fashion, so that the
clients will use BITS to download the installer/transform files and then run
them locally?

(SUS - Software Update Services, and BITS being Background Intelligent
Transfer Service, for which I don't see a newsgroup...)

Thanks!

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Ken,

MS Office doesn't use the MS Software Update Services (SUS). It has its own update empire You'll find more information on
deploying and updating Office 2003 in the Office Resource Kit, http://microsoft.com/office/ork/2003 which is also the home for the
'administrative' (full package) updates for Office.

==========Hi all, I posted this in the GP/AD newsgroups, but no answer (apologies for
the
repost):

Hi all, I have a network install of Office 2k3 ready to rollout, and I have
a test 'Publish' GPO to roll it out, but I dont' want to swamp my network
with people installing office.

Is there any way to set this up in an SUS-BITS type fashion, so that the
clients will use BITS to download the installer/transform files and then run
them locally?

(SUS - Software Update Services, and BITS being Background Intelligent
Transfer Service, for which I don't see a newsgroup...)

Thanks!

--
Ken Piper
MCP (SQL Server) >>

--
I hope this helps you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

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