You can do it by group policy. The first thing to do is to generate a .mst from the .msi from Office. The .mst is the modification file that contains your customized installation. If you do not have a customized installation you can use only the .msi file that is shipped with Office package. Afther that you have to create a group policy. This group policy can be done by user or machine. You have to identify which one is better for you. The final step is to create a group on your AD and add machines or users into this group. Afther that you have to apply the policy to this group. It is recommended that you add only few machines or users every day, so you will not have traffic problems on your network. We have done an rollup into about 1000 machines and it worked just fine.
Hope it helps Elton Pimentel. -----Mensagem original----- De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Em nome de Rick Kingslan Enviada em: Friday, April 16, 2004 2:13 AM Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Assunto: RE: [ActiveDir] Office2003 Rollout Unless you've got a method that is going to abide by BITS or a Drizzle technology, as few as 20-25 desktops at a time on 100Mbps switched networks will be absolutely drowned. If you want to do it this way, you can - just make sure that you understand your network will literally be brought to its knees while the O2k3 package(s) attempt to deploy on the totally saturated network. This is typically a CLM (career limiting move) in most Production environments...... Rick Kingslan MCSE, MCSA, MCT, CISSP Microsoft MVP: Windows Server / Directory Services Windows Server / Rights Management Associate Expert Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone WebLog - www.msmvps.com/willhack4food -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Salandra, Justin A. Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 11:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Office2003 Rollout Group Policy will do it -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of GARY SMITH Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 12:16 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] Office2003 Rollout I have to roll out Office 2003 onto around 350 desktops. Any great in site into the best approach here. I have been looking at some third party applications in particularly Altiris, but I was wondering if it could be done through Group Policy / Software deployment. All desktops are W2K. Gary Smith List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
