deploying customized office 2007 setup to remote users kt 5/4/2007 2:04:00 AM i've customized office 2007 setup and tested successful deployment w/in our LAN. currently, my challenge is to deploy this same customized office 2007 setup to our users who work remotely and not connected to our network. do any of you have such experience? has anyone tested deploying customized office 2007 setup via vpn? any advice would be appreciated. thank you.

Re: deploying customized office 2007 setup to remote users "Susan Ramlet" <susan[ at ]mvps-dot-org> 5/11/2007 1:25:27 PM Hi, kt, I don't have direct experience with this, but did you run across this article? Deploying the Office 2007 System with limited network capacity http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/8309f67f-8622-4317-b21d-1aa5f72e15bf1033.mspx?mfr=true It might be helpful in your situation. -- Please reply to the newsgroup. I cannot respond to private requests for help. Besides, then the community doesn't benefit from your question! -- Susan Ramlet MVP - Office "kt" <kt[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:2D0936FD-2146-4560-80B0-DFBA2292E494[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > i've customized office 2007 setup and tested successful deployment w/in > our > LAN. > > currently, my challenge is to deploy this same customized office 2007 > setup > to our users who work remotely and not connected to our network. do any of > you have such experience? has anyone tested deploying customized office > 2007 > setup via vpn? any advice would be appreciated. > > thank you.

Re: deploying customized office 2007 setup to remote users kt 5/11/2007 7:57:00 PM Dear Susan, Thank you for your response. I've read this article and every documentation available pertaining to office 2007 deployment. The documentation ONLY covers network-base deployment. The article titled 'Precache the local installation source for the 2007 Office system' is still a network-base deployment since the computer must be connected to the network before you can perform precache. Precache works really well within the network. Our situation is that our users are working from home or remote locations. Any way, i've came up w/ a solution that worked for us. Here is my solution to the challenge: 1. Create a network installation point for the 2007 Office system 2. use OCT to customize the setup/installation and copy the msp file to the Updates folder. 3. replicate this network installation point onto dvd. unfortunately, our network installation won't fit on a cd. Just to be thorough, I also tested precache over vpn. Don't recommend it to anyone. It takes forever. "Susan Ramlet" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Hi, kt, > > I don't have direct experience with this, but did you run across this > article? > > Deploying the Office 2007 System with limited network capacity > http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/8309f67f-8622-4317-b21d-1aa5f72e15bf1033.mspx?mfr=true > > It might be helpful in your situation. > > -- > Please reply to the newsgroup. I cannot respond to private requests for > help. Besides, then the community doesn't benefit from your question! > -- > Susan Ramlet > MVP - Office > > > "kt" <kt[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:2D0936FD-2146-4560-80B0-DFBA2292E494[ at ]microsoft.com... > > i've customized office 2007 setup and tested successful deployment w/in > > our > > LAN. > > > > currently, my challenge is to deploy this same customized office 2007 > > setup > > to our users who work remotely and not connected to our network. do any of > > you have such experience? has anyone tested deploying customized office > > 2007 > > setup via vpn? any advice would be appreciated. > > > > thank you. > > >

Re: deploying customized office 2007 setup to remote users "Susan Ramlet" <susan[ at ]mvps-dot-org> 5/11/2007 8:06:53 PM I figured that was probably the most logical solution presented thus far. Glad you tried it...and that it's somewhat acceptable. I'm glad you posted back with the VPN info. I am checking to see if there are any Microsoft recommendations that aren't published yet, so I'll let you know. I work for a field-based organization, so I'm also interested in the topic. VPN is the only connection method for most. -- Please reply to the newsgroup. I cannot respond to private requests for help. Besides, then the community doesn't benefit from your question! -- Susan Ramlet MVP - Office "kt" <kt[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B4A7549E-5236-4E9A-91C2-4BE0D3B688F6[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Dear Susan, > Thank you for your response. I've read this article and every > documentation > available pertaining to office 2007 deployment. The documentation ONLY > covers > network-base deployment. The article titled 'Precache the local > installation > source for the 2007 Office system' is still a network-base deployment > since > the computer must be connected to the network before you can perform > precache. Precache works really well within the network. Our situation is > that our users are working from home or remote locations. > > Any way, i've came up w/ a solution that worked for us. Here is my > solution > to the challenge: > 1. Create a network installation point for the 2007 Office system > 2. use OCT to customize the setup/installation and copy the msp file to > the > Updates folder. > 3. replicate this network installation point onto dvd. unfortunately, our > network installation won't fit on a cd. > > Just to be thorough, I also tested precache over vpn. Don't recommend it > to > anyone. It takes forever. > > "Susan Ramlet" wrote: > >> Hi, kt, >> >> I don't have direct experience with this, but did you run across this >> article? >> >> Deploying the Office 2007 System with limited network capacity >> http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/8309f67f-8622-4317-b21d-1aa5f72e15bf1033.mspx?mfr=true >> >> It might be helpful in your situation. >> >> -- >> Please reply to the newsgroup. I cannot respond to private requests for >> help. Besides, then the community doesn't benefit from your question! >> -- >> Susan Ramlet >> MVP - Office >> >> >> "kt" <kt[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:2D0936FD-2146-4560-80B0-DFBA2292E494[ at ]microsoft.com... >> > i've customized office 2007 setup and tested successful deployment w/in >> > our >> > LAN. >> > >> > currently, my challenge is to deploy this same customized office 2007 >> > setup >> > to our users who work remotely and not connected to our network. do any >> > of >> > you have such experience? has anyone tested deploying customized office >> > 2007 >> > setup via vpn? any advice would be appreciated. >> > >> > thank you. >> >> >>