Automatically Deploy to Client Computers in Enterprise or Organization

If you want to deploy the classic menus and toolbars for Office 2007 to your whole enterprise or organization (using Active Directory), please Download the MSI installation package file.

Click How to use Group Policy to remotely install software in Windows Server 2003 to know more about the deploying in enterprise or organization.

Step 1: Create a Distribution Point

1. Log on to your Windows 2003 Server as an administrator.

2. Create a shared network folder. For example, create a shared folder d:\deploy on the server.

3. Set permissions on d:\deploy to allow all users to read.

4. Copy the package Setup_OfficeMenu_Ent.msi to d:\deploy.  

Step 2: Edit Properties of MSI Package

1. You need to install the Orca tool before you edit the properties of MSI package. Click Windows® Server 2003 SP1 Platform SDK Web Install to install Server 2003 SP1 (the Orca tool has been included in it) if you have not installed it.

2. Right-click the file Setup_OfficeMenu_Ent.msi in d:\deploy, a menu popup, and then click "Edit with Orca".

3. Select Property in the Tables (on the left side). Find and change the value of the property "PROP_LICENSENAME" (on the right side) to your license name that we sent to you. Find and change the value of the property "PROP_LICENSECODE" to your license code.

Step 3: Assign the Package

1. Start the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in. To do this, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Active Directory Users and Computers.

2. In the console tree, right-click your domain, and then click Properties.

3. Click the Group Policy tab, select Default Domain Policy or other group policy object that you want, and then click Edit.

4. Under Computer Configuration, expand Software Settings.

5. Right-click Software installation, point to New, and then click Package.

6. In the Open dialog box, type the full Universal Naming Convention (UNC) path of the shared installer package that you want. For example, \\MyServer\share\ Setup_OfficeMenu_Ent.msi ("MyServer" is the server name on the network. ”share” is the network share name of d:\deploy). Important: Make sure that you use the UNC path to the shared installer package.

7. Click Open.

8. Click Assigned, and then click OK. The package is listed in the right pane of the Group Policy window.

9. Close the Group Policy snap-in, click OK, and then quit the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in.

10. When the client computers in your enterprise/organization start, the managed software package is automatically installed.

Some important properties of the MSI package

PROP_HIDEALLMENUITEM:
1: Don't show the "All" menu item in Menus tab.
0: Show the "All" menu item in Menus tab (recommended).

PROP_HIDEBUILDINTABS:
1: Hide all build-in tabs of Office 2007.
0: Don't hide.

PROP_SHOWATLAST:
1: Show the Menus tab on the right of Home tab.
0: Show the Menus tab on the left of Home tab (recommended).

PROP_LICENSENAME: Your license name.

PROP_LICENSECODE: Your license code.

See Also: Deploy Classic User Interface in Quiet Mode.