Monday, January 10, 2011

installing Office 2007 on a terminal server

I found this page on how to install Office 2007 on a terminal server. I've used it twice successfully to install Office 2007 Pro Plus (must be open license) on Windows 2008 (you should already have installed the terminal server role before installing Office 2007):





Here are my recommended setting changes:


Under Modify User Settings:

Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 -> Tools Options -> Other -> AutoArchive Settings -> Enabled (and then uncheck turn on autoarchive)


Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 -> Tools Account Settings -> RSS Feeds -> Turn Off RSS Feature -> Enabled



Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 -> Tools Options -> Preferences -> Search Options -> Prevent installation prompts when Windows Desktop Search Component is not present -> Enabled

Microsoft Office 2007 -> Privacy -> Trust Center -> Disable opt-in wizard on first run -> Enabled

Microsoft Office 2007 -> Privacy -> Trust Center -> Enable Customer Experience Improvement Program -> Disabled



Under Set Feature Installation States:

Set all items to Run All from My Computer



Under Outlook:

Outlook profile -> Modify Profile -> Define changes to make to the existing profile. If a default profile does not exist . . .

Specify Exchange server settings -> Make changes here as appropriate for your network (using %username% as the user name (but I do not configure cached Exchange if the terminal server will be on same LAN as the Exchange server)



That's it as far as customizations made to the OCT file. I add the installation key to the config.xml file (as specified here).



I save the OCT as c:\oct.msp

Of note - I have had trouble with the setup not finding the MSP file when it's not in the root, so I just put it in the root.



Then I run (in terminal server installation mode by running "change user /install" in an administrative command prompt):



z:\office2007\setup /adminfile c:\oct.msp

(alter path as needed)









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