Create an Office 2013, 2016 and 365 Offline Installer

Office365Pro

Hello Folks! Today we are going to know about how to download Microsoft office 365 product for offline installation. With the offline installer we can save a lot of internet bandwidth on mass deployment. First we need to download Microsoft Office Depolyment Tool. Below are links for Microsoft Office Depolyment Tool.

The tool exists in two versions for Office 2013 and Office 2016. Both tools are also suitable to create Office 365 installers, based on Office 2013 and Office 2016 respectively. The installation media that the deployment tool downloads are all based on the click & run technology.

Microsoft Office 2013 Deployment Tool

Microsoft Office 2016 Deployment Tool

Downloaded Files of Microsoft Office Deployment Tool

The download is a self-extracting application that contains two files, setup.exe and configuration.xml. Extract those files into a folder of your choice.

Next step is

Configure the Office Deployment Tool (ODT)

before you start downloading the installation files, you need to modify the configuration file.

Copy the below code & replace it with configuration.xml

<Configuration>

<Add SourcePath="C:\Office365" OfficeClientEdition="32">

<Product ID="ProPlusRetail">

<Language ID="en-us"/>

</Product>

</Add>

<Updates Enabled="TRUE"/>

<Display Level="Full" AcceptEULA="TRUE"/>

<Property Name="AUTOACTIVATE" Value="1" />

</Configuration>

If you don't need to modify the configuration file, you can skip straight to step 3.

Step 3: Download the Office installation files

To download the installation files, create a new folder in C: drive & name it whatever you want. In this case we are going to name it Office_365. Now you need to open a command prompt and navigate to the Office_365 folder that contains the setup.exe and the configuration file. Now execute the following command.

setup /download configuration.xml

Download Office365Pro

There is no progress indicator. Once all files are downloaded, the process will simply stop. The installation files are all contained in a subfolder called "Office". After the download is complete, the folder structure should roughly look as follows.

Step 4: Create a Self-Extracting Installer.

Let's create a self-extracting installer first, which can be used for easy storage and backup, as well as deploying the same software to multiple computers. The following steps are all based on WinRAR, but can be done with any archiving software that support self-extracting archives.

The archive needs to contain the files setup.exe, configuration.xml. On the WinRAR configuration screen, you need to tick the box Create SFX archive, and provide an archive name for the installer.

Office365Pro SFX

Archive Name and Parameters

On the "Advanced" tab, you click the button to go to the SFX options.

Archive Name and Parameters

On the SFX options dialogue, you go to the "Setup" tab, and enter the following line into the textbox "Run after extraction".

setup.exe /configure configuration.xml

Advanced SFX Options

Office365Pro Advanced SFX

That was already everything. You can WinRAR let do its job, and create an SFX installer of your download. Starting the SFX installer will install your Office product either with or without user interface, according to your configuration.

How to Map OneDrive as Map Network Drive

Hello folks! Today I’m bringing to you very exciting feature or we can call it exciting hack or trick. Today we are going to map OneDrive account. Yes, you heard correct, we are going to map a OneDrive account to our my computer. No more everytime logging and syncing. By syncing folders between your cloud storage and PC it occupies Hard Drive space on your PC. By Mapping it, it doesn’t. This is by far the main advantage with mapping OneDrive as a network drive is that no files are stored on the computer.

By mapping OneDrive You’ll see the full list of your files and folders, even the ones not stored locally on your computer, you can access OneDrive normally without being synced to a folder.Once you map OneDrive, you can copy or move files and documents back and forth to this location, and download files that its only stored online. Mapping OneDrive as a drive in Windows can be slow, and the PC has to be online for it to work.

• Log in into OneDrive
• Copy your CID number from the address bar. These are the combination of letters and numbers after the equal sign.

OneDrive Map Network Drive - Sign In - CID 

• Right click This PC and select Map network drive…

OneDrive Map Network Drive

• In the Folder field, enter https://d.docs.live.net/ followed by the CID you copied in step 2.

OneDrive Map Network Drive with CID 01

OneDrive Map Network Drive with CID 02

• You’ll be prompted to enter your OneDrive login, when done check the “Remember my credentials” box and click OK.

OneDrive Map Network Drive credentials

That’s it. You should now see all of your OneDrive files and folders under This PC.

OneDrive Map Network Drive Connect Successfully

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With the help of the above steps we can Map our OneDrive account as Network Drive.

How to Configure and add Windows Operating System in WDS server

Windows Deployment Services

First of all thanks to all my friends who visited my site to rectify their problems and I’m glad to help them.
Today I will show you How to add Client Operating System in WDS server. Whether it’s Windows 7 or Later Operating System but the procedure is the same to all Operating System. For doing this we need to first configure WDS server. If you don’t know how to do that then you should look: How to Install WDS server first.

So let’s start making some fun with windows server operating system.

So let’s first open WDS Console.

For doing this we need to go to START and type WDS and then select Windows Deployment Services from search result.

WDS Console

After opening WDS Console then expand Servers, right click on the WDS server and click on Configure Server.

Windows-Deployment-Services-Console

Read the requirements once before you click next.

WDS-Configuration-Wizard

Choose the Remote Installation Folder location on other drive.The folder contains the boot images, install images, and so make sure this drive has enough space to hold the data. Click on Next.

Remote-Installation-Folder-Location

For best result select Respond to all client computers (known and unknown). Click on Next.

WDS-PXE-Server-Initial-Settings

Uncheck the checkbox for Add images to the server now. We will add the images in the next step. Click Finish

WDS-Operation-Complete

We need to add two types of images in WDS, install.wim and boot.wim. The install.wim images are the operating system images that you deploy to the client computer. So we are going to add install.wim from X:\Sources\install.win (X: is DVD Drive letter)

WDS-Add-Install-Image

WDS-ADD-Image-Group

WDS-ADD-Install.wim

WDS-Available-Images

WDS-Add-Image-Task_Progress

To boot you system through network card, you must add the boot.wim image of the latest Windows Operating System. The Boot.wim images are Windows PE images that you boot a client computer to perform an operating system installation. So we are going to add boot.wim from X:\Sources\boot.win (X: is DVD Drive letter)

WDS-ADD-Boot.wim

WDS-Boot.wim location

WDS- Boot Image Metadata

WDS- Boot Image Summary

WDS- Boot Image Task Progress

After adding boot image in WDS Server, now we are ready to deploy operating system in our network environment.
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Deploy Software Using Group Policy Management Console

 

Deploy Software Using Group Policy Management Console

 

Group Policy Management Console

Group Policy is a feature of the Microsoft operating systems that controls the working environment of user accounts and computer accounts. Group Policy provides the centralized management and configuration of operating systems, applications, and users' settings in an Active Directory environment. Group Policy is a hierarchical infrastructure that allows an administrator in charge of Microsoft's Active Directory to implement specific configurations for users and computers. Group Policy can also be used to define user, security and networking policies at the machine level.

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Also View: Install Windows Deployment Services (WDS) Role
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Why Group Policy

Group Policy is the feature available in Windows Server Operating System. Group policy is a collection of settings which can be applied on computers and users. With group policy administrator can centrally manage the computers and users. Eases administration using group policy. Group policy is not the great way to install software’s on large scale. There are plenty of other tools are available for mass deployment of software’s in your network such as SCCM etc. We are here going to deploy some basic software’s, such as Google Chrome, Adobe Reader etc. With the help of group policy we can deploy this kind of software’s in our environment efficiently. There are two types of Group Policy consoles. First is Local Group Policy Editor and second is Group Policy Management Console which is known as GPMC in Windows Server Operating System.

Understanding Windows Updates and Automatic Updates

 Understanding Windows Updates and Automatic Updates

Understanding Windows Update and Automatic Update

Windows is a complicated system with many components and files. To keep Windows reliable and secure, you must check whether Microsoft has released any Windows updates, including fixes, patches, service packs, and updated device drivers. If updates are available, you should apply them to your Windows system. By adding fixes and patches, you’ll keep Windows stable and secure. One way to keep Windows up to date is to use the Windows Update program, which scans your system to determine the updates and fixes your system needs. You then have the opportunity to select, download, and install each update.