Our recommendations are as follows:ġ) Installation > Installation Options > Source: By default, the configuration file generated by OCT will tell the installer to pull down a copy of the Office installation files from the Office CDN. While these are the only settings that are 100% required for a silent installation, I implore you read on to our recommended settings, or you’re likely in for a world of hurt. We don’t want to have to click through a prompt to accept a EULA. Like, a lot.Ĥ) Licensing and activation > Automatically accept the EULA: This is the other setting that is required specifically for a silent install. If you run the download on a machine with a different locale than the target machine, the installer will fall back to the Office CDN for the missing language files.ģ) Installation > Installation Options > Show installation to user: You’re never gonna guess what this does.
You can either specify one or more fixed languages, or you can select “Match Operating System”, which will default to the locale on the target machine. In this example, we’re going to select Office 365 ProPlus, but pick the application you actually intend to install.Ģ) Language > Languages: You must select a language for the installation. The list of required settings is fairly short:ġ) Products and releases > Products: You must select a product/application you want to Deploy. This process used to be additionally complicated by having to create separate XML files for the download portion and the installation itself, but has now been simplified to use only one!įortunately, we’ve tested plenty and have quick lists of both required and recommended settings, along with explanations for each. Some of these options are necessary for a successful silent installation, and not all of the settings you can edit are well-documented. It’s an extremely flexible, well-designed tool, but there are options that are easy to miss. The Office Customization Tool (we’ll refer to it as OCT for short) is a website that can be used to generate configuration XML files for the Office 365 suite of products. Let’s get started, shall we? Generating the O365 Config File Use that configuration file to download the install files for Office 365.ĭeploy and test your newly-built package! Generate a configuration file using the Office Customization Tool. Here’s a high-level overview of the steps we need to complete: Unfortunately, as his power has waned and Office 365 has been updated, that article is now out of date.
Some time ago, High Overlord Brigg was kind enough to compile an article that many of you have used to build your own Deploy package for this task. One of the most common requests that we’ve received over the years is for instruction on how to properly deploy Office 365.
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