On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 1:26 PM, Rankin, James R <[email protected]> wrote: > I would think it is that simple....don't even think you need to invoke > install mode these days (although you can do if paranoid)
That was going to be my next question. I will do it the "Install Application on Remote Desktop" from Control Panel. Just to be sure ... > > ------Original Message------ > From: Michael Leone > Sender: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > ReplyTo: [email protected] > Subject: [NTSysADM] Installing Office 2010 on RDS 2012 > Sent: 26 Feb 2014 18:19 > > I have an app that I have published as a RemoteApp on Win 2012 RDS. > Now, this app has an option to output in Word or Excel format. So the > end users of RDS do not need to run Word or Excel, even as a published > RemoteApp, but the published RemoteApp needs them installed, in order > to write out it's output in Word/Excel. > > used to be, you had to use a transform file to install Office on a > Terminal Server (or so my dim memories of Office 2003 on Win2003 TS > tell me). Is that still the case? > > This seems to indicate that I don't necessarily need a custom install > file, I can do it manually. As long as I do the same thing, into the > same locations, on all 3 Session Hosts, so the app finds what it > needs. > > Deploy Office 2010 on a Remote Desktop Services-enabled computer > < http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg593610(v=office.14).aspx > > > Is it really as simple and straight forward as the above page seems to > indicate? > > > > Sent from my (new!) BlackBerry, which may make me an antiques dealer, but > it's reliable as hell for email delivery :-)

