Deploy Microsoft Office 365 via ODT (Copy)
1 - LINKS
Microsoft - Deploy Office 365 ProPlus from a local source
Microsoft - Office 2013 Deployment Tool
Microsoft - Office 365 Deployment Tool
Microsoft - Office 365 Client Config Service
GitHub - Office Deployment XML Builder
2 - BACKGROUND
This guide will show you how to use the Office Deployment Tool. This solution allows you to download the entire office suite (~1.5GB) for an "offline-style" install. You can use the configuration file to specify what products are to be downloaded. Once it's downloaded locally, you can either deploy it via SCCM or simply copy & paste it to the remote computer.
3.0 - QUICK OVERVIEW
3.1 - OFFICE DEPLOYMENT TOOL
Download the Office 365 Deployment Tool
Install & extract it to C:\ODT\
Now there should be “setup.exe” in this location
3.2 - GENERATE AN INSTALL CONFIG
Customize your office deployment per your requirements
Export & download an XML file containing all of these configurations
Copy the configuration.xml to C:\ODT\ alongside the setup.exe
3.3 - DOWNLOAD THE OFFLINE INSTALLER
Open an administrative command prompt
Navigate to C:\ODT\
Type: setup.exe /download configuration.xml
3.4 - INSTALL OFFICE TO A CLIENT'S COMPUTER
Copy the office folder, XML file and setup.exe to the client computer - C:\Temp\O365-Install\
Open an administrative command prompt
Navigate to - C:\Temp\O365-Install\
Type: setup.exe /configure configuration.xml
Once Office has finished installing you can delete the O365-Install folder.
4.0 - STEP BY STEP
4.1 Install & Configure the Office Deployment Tool
1. Download the Office 365 Deployment Tool
2. Run officedeployment.exe
Accept the EULA
2. Pick an extraction location
We need a location to work out of, in this case I’ll create a directory under C:\ drive called ODT.
Select Make New Folder
Name it ODT
3. Done! The files have now been extracted to C:\ODT\.
4.2 CUSTOMIZE THE XML CONFIG FILE
Visit https://config.office.com/ (You need to sign in with a work or school account - personal accounts do not work.)
Select Create
ARCHITECTURE: 64bit
PRODUCTS: Office 365 ProPlus, Visio and Project
UPDATE CHANNEL: Semi-Annual Channel
Monthly Channel - Provides users with the newest features of Office as soon as they're available.
Monthly Channel (Targeted)
Semi-Annual Channel - Provides users with new features of Office every six months, in January and July.
Semi-Annual Channel (Targeted) - Provides users the opportunity to test the next Semi-Annual Channel. Releases every six months in March and September, four months ahead of the Semi-Annual Channel.
New-Office-365-ProPlus-Update-Channel-Names
3. Select "Download" and name the config file
4. Copy this XML file to the same location as the setup.exe - C:\ODT\
4.3 DOWNLOAD THE OFFLINE FILES
Open an administrative command prompt
Navigate to C:\ODT
3. Download a full offline installer of Office 365 by running this command:
setup.exe /download configuration.xml 4. This will create the folder "Office" where it downloads all of the contents to (~1.5GB).
To monitor the progress, simply right click on the Office folder & monitor the grow the file size.
4.4 INSTALL OFFICE TO A CLIENT COMPUTER
Copy the office folder, XML file and setup.exe to the client computer - C:\Temp\O365-Install\
Open an administrative command prompt
Navigate to C:\Temp\O365-Install\
To start the install, type the following command:
setup.exe /configure configuration.xml 5. Once Office has finished installing you can delete the O365-Install folder.
EXAMPLE XML File
<Configuration>
<Add OfficeClientEdition="32" Branch="Current">
<Product ID="O365ProPlusRetail">
<Language ID="en-us" />
</Product>
<Product ID="VisioProRetail">
<Language ID="en-us" />
</Product>
</Add>
<!-- <Updates Enabled="TRUE" Branch="Current" /> -->
<!-- <Display Level="None" AcceptEULA="TRUE" /> -->
<!-- <Property Name="AUTOACTIVATE" Value="1" /> -->
</Configuration>
