# Software Deployment How To's

## How to deploy Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010?

**Description**

This document provides the steps required to deploy Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 to multiple computers using the Software Deployment feature in Endpoint Central MSP.

**Steps**

To deploy Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 to multiple computers, follow the steps below:

**Note**: Before proceeding with deployment, ensure that the computers to which you deploy MS Office 2010 meet the system requirements prescribed by Microsoft:  
[http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee624351.aspx](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee624351.aspx)

1. Create a directory, for example `office2010`, to store the required installable.
2. Extract the contents of the EXE file.

   **Note**: If you are copying the contents from a CD, you can skip the steps below and copy the contents of the CD directly to the directory created in step 1.

   a. Select **Start > Run**  
   b. Enter **%temp%**  
   c. Click **OK**  
   d. Delete all unused files and folders  
   e. Run **ProfessionalPlus-32.exe**  
      This will first extract the required files in the Temp directory before installing it. Once the extraction is complete, you will see the installation wizard.  
   f. Select **Start > Run**  
   g. Enter **%temp%**  
   h. Click **OK**. You will now find a new folder with the extracted contents of Office 2010.  
   i. Copy all the extracted contents, maintaining the same directory structure, to the directory created in step 1.  
   j. Exit the installation wizard  

3. Customize the installation.

   a. Download the Office Customization Tool from the following URL and install it:  
      [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=64B837B6-0AA0-4C07-BC34-BEC3990A7956&displaylang=en](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=64B837B6-0AA0-4C07-BC34-BEC3990A7956&displaylang=en)

      **Note**: When installing the customization tool, specify the directory that you created in step 1. Three folders will be extracted for the customization tool—ADM, Admin, and ADMX.

   b. Open a command prompt.  
   c. Change directory to the directory where you copied the installable.  
   d. Enter:

   ```
   setup.exe /admin
   ```

   This opens the Office Customization Tool where you can specify license or company information and modify Outlook profiles.

   e. Select the display level as **None**.  
   f. Check the **Suppress Modal** checkbox.  
   g. Make the required customization settings.  
   h. Save the customized file. For example, name it `custom.MSP`.

      **Note**: The MSP file should be saved in the same directory created in step 1.

4. Create a zipped file. Follow the steps below:

   a. From Windows Explorer, navigate to the base folder where the installable files are located. For example: `C:\Softwares\Office 2010\`  
   b. Select all files using **Ctrl + A**.  
   c. Right-click and select **7-Zip**.  
   d. Click **Add to archive**.  
   e. Provide an appropriate name for the archive and save it with the extension `.7z`.

5. Add the package you want to deploy to computers in your network to Endpoint Central MSP. Follow the steps below:

   a. Click the **Software Deployment** tab.  
   b. Click **Add Package**.  
   c. Select the appropriate package type.  
   d. Specify a name for the application.  
   e. Select **HTTP Path (URL)**.  
   f. Upload the zipped file created in step 4.  
   g. Click **Add More**.  
   h. Upload `7za.exe` located in `<Desktop_Central_Install_Dir>/Desktop_Central_Server/bin` directory.  
   i. Specify the Installation Command with switches/arguments as the relative path. For example:

   ```
   setup.exe /config "ProPlus.WW\silent-install-config.xml"
   ```

   j. Select **Run the Script before Installing Software** in the **Advanced Options** section.  
   k. Enter the following in the Script/Software name section, where `<filename.7z>` refers to the zip file created in step 4. For example:

   ```
   7za.exe x -y "office2010.7z"
   ```

   l. Click **Add Package**.

6. Deploy the package to specific computers in your network. Follow the steps below:

   a. Select the package added in step 5.  
   b. Click **Install/Uninstall Software**.  
   c. Create a configuration to install the software package.  
   d. Select the target computers.  
   e. Specify schedule options if required.  
   f. Click **Deploy**.