# Deploying Microsoft Outlook Settings | ManageEngine Endpoint Central

## Software Installation - How To

## How to deploy Microsoft Outlook Settings using Endpoint Central?

### Description

This document provides steps required to deploy Microsoft Outlook Settings using Endpoint Central

### Steps

Before you deploy the Microsoft Outlook Settings, you need to configure the Outlook profile to perform the following actions;

- [Extract the Contents of the EXE](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/deploy-outlook-settings-how-to.html#extractexe)
- [Create a Customized Profile](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/deploy-outlook-settings-how-to.html#createprofile)
- [Configure Settings to Outlook users](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/deploy-outlook-settings-how-to.html#users)

### Extract the Contents of the EXE:

Creating a Customized profile includes, specifying the account name, incoming mail server, outgoing mail server settings, specifying the User name and Email address.

1. Copy the contents of the **Microsoft Office installation files** to the local directory.
2. Extract the contents of the EXE
3. Select **Start > Run**
4. Enter **%temp%**
5. Clear all the unused files and folders
6. Run the **ProfessionalPlus.exe**

This will extract the required files into the temp directory before installing them. When the extraction is complete, you will see the installation wizard.

1. Select **Start > Run**
2. Enter %temp% (You will now find a new folder with the extracted contents of Office 2010).
3. Copy all the extracted contents, with the same directory structure, create a new directory (Example: **c:\msofficesetup\**) and paste the copied contents.
4. Exit the installation wizard

### Create a Customized Profile:

Follow the steps mentioned below to create a prf file:

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

- You need to download appropriate exe files depending on whether you have 32 bit or 64 bit versions of the office.
- When installing the OCT, you are required to specify the local directory that you have created, as the location to extract the files. Three folders will be extracted from the OCT. They are **ADM**, **Admin**, and **ADMX**.

1. Open a command prompt window.
2. Navigate to the directory where you have copied the installable file.
3. Invoke setup.exe with the following parameters:  
   Ex: **c:\msofficesetup\setup.exe /admin**
4. To create a new customization file, select the Office suite that needs to be customized, and then click **OK**.
5. In the **Outlook** section, click **Outlook Profile**.
6. To specify settings to be included in a .prf file, choose **New Profile** to create one and specify a profile name (Example: Sample).
7. To add and configure new accounts, click **Add accounts** under **Outlook section**, and then click **customize additional Outlook profile and account information**.
8. Click **Add** to select the type of account to be added.

   For example:

   1. Select **pop3** account and click **Next**.
   2. Specify account name, Incoming mail server, Outgoing mail server settings and specify username and email address as %USERNAME% and [%USERNAME%@domain.com](mailto:%25USERNAME%25@domain.com).
   3. It will automatically expand to corresponding usernames for users.
   4. Click **Finish**

9. Click the **Export Profile Settings** button to create a new **.prf file**.
10. Enter a file name and the path to save the file, and then click **Save**.

### Configure Settings to Outlook users

1. Download [Configureoutlook.txt](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/configureoutlook.txt) and rename the file to **ConfigureOutlook.Vbs**, save this file in the same location as the newly created .prf file (which you have created in the previous steps).
2. Move the **Exported PRF** and **ConfiureOutlook.vbs** file to the network share. Make sure the network share has ‘everyone’ permission in the same domain.
3. Under **User Configuration** tab, click **Custom Script** to deploy the vbscript with the following parameters.
4. Select **Define Configuration** section, under **Create**, choose **Network Share**.
5. Enter the **Script Name** as: `\\share name\foldername\ConfiureOutlook.vbs`
6. Enter the **Script Arguments** as:  
   `<Location of the PRF file in quotes>` `<profile name>`  
   Example: `"\\share name\foldername\profile.PRF"` `"Sample"`

   **Location of the PRF file**: Location of PRF file in network share path with PRF filename.  
   **Profile name**: This is the name that you have already created when you made the PRF file and make sure they are the same.

7. Select the target users to be deployed.
8. Deploy the configuration.

You have successfully configured Microsoft Outlook Settings to the required targets.

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