In this video we're going to show you how to deploy Microsoft Office 365 on Remote Desktop Server 2019.
So we're going to first of all go to get the office deployment kit.
For the current version the URL for this will be in the description
and when we scroll down in here we see we can download the deployment tool.
We download this. It's only small and when you run it it asks you for a location.
We will create a 365 folder in there we'll put it into that folder
Now you can see that in C:\365 we've now got this collection of files. You need to
run from an elevated command prompt. You need to run the setup file but with the parameter
of one of these configuration files which you need to edit before you run it. So this is the
configuration file that Microsoft give to you as an example, so these are the bits
that you need to be concentrating on, and it allows you to install more than one product.
So this is installing Office Pro Plus Retail but it's also installing Visio Retail as well.
We don't need to do that. I've prepared a configuration file that we can use
and I've got that in a different directory.
So, in here
you can see we've got this one configured. Now, I've changed the path in here. This is addressing
this same server that we're on at the moment and it's addressing it with the UNC path name and that
IP address is always this machine. It just refers to this machine so, if you run that on your own,
it would actually find it. So, it's going to look at this machine and then a share name of
365. What I did here was share this folder. So, this one that I've got here is shared as
365. So, the way that we'll now address that
is using a command prompt - but we'll raise that to an administrator level.
OK, so we'll address both the setup file and the configuration file with the UNC path.
We'll back \\127.0.0.1 which is the IP address of whatever this machine is,
and then we shall go to the share name which is 365, then the executable file which is setup.exe
and then the first thing we need to do is download the installation files for 365,
so we give it a "download" switch. So, "/download", and then the parameter
file, so again we've got \\127.0.0.1\365\config.xml
OK, so when we press enter, the system is now downloading the installation files for
365 and all we get to see for this is a flashing cursor. So, you just have to sit
and wait for this to finish. Once it has finished we'll get a proper command prompt with the path
waiting for us to type something else in. At the moment, all we'll see is that flashing cursor.
OK, so we're back again. Let's see how big that file actually is. Let's go into C:\Temp. This
is the directory that it's created. So, it's actually 3.29GB so it's quite a lot of data.
OK, so we'll go back to the command prompt. Now, another way we can address this and instead of
having to share the directory, we could actually skip that bit and go for \\127.0.0.1 which is
"this computer". Also, instead of going for the share name directly we could just go for C$
which is the actual C drive of that server. So, again it's a little bit generic.
We can then go and type in the actual path name. So, we had Temp\Office365\Install
Is that right? let's check. Office 365\install. Yes, and then we can go Setup.exe - "/configure"
is the switch, and then again we need to give it the parameters so \\127.0.0.1 which is the machine
C drive, with a $ on it. This gives us access. As long as you're an administrator,
you should be able to get to "\temp\office\365\install\config.xml"
And there we go. So we can actually get that to work without sharing the folder.
So, this is a tricky process to get working but actually you can do it with just a "127" address.
OK. So, we've just had a notification in the systray that the installation's finished.
So, there we go. We can click the close button and in theory we should
be able to open Microsoft Word.
OK. Now, one thing to note.
The Microsoft 365 Business Standard license is not enough
to license this. You must go up to the E3 license.
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