System Center 2012 R2 SP1
Configuration Manager &
Microsoft Intune
2015
DEPLOYING MICROSOFT OFFICE 365 PROFESSIONAL PLUS
RONNI PEDERSEN & HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
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Author: Ronni Pedersen, Microsoft MVP: Enterprise Client Management Hans Christian Andersen, Cloud Solution Architect
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About the authors
Ronni Pedersen
I’m a Senior Technology Consultant that specializes in designing and deploying management solutions based on various Microsoft technologies. My main focus and passion has always been related to client management, but during the years, I’ve been working with many different products and technologies. Additionally, I’ve been an active Microsoft Certified Trainer since 2007.
In July 2008 I was awarded the prestigious Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for the first time, and have been rewarded every year for the past eight years.
Blog: http://www.ronnipedersen.com/
Hans Christian Andersen
I’m a Cloud Solution Architect that works with designing and implementing Microsoft Cloud infrastructure solutions. My main focus areas are System Center Configuration Manager, Remote Desktop Services, the Enterprise Mobility Suite, Office 365 and core Azure services.
Table of Contents
Document Properties ... 1
About the authors...1
Ronni Pedersen ... 1
Hans Christian Andersen ... 1
General Description ... 4
Prepare Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus for deployment ... 5
Overview ...5
Pre-requirements ...5
Process Steps ...5
Deploy Office 365 ProPlus using an SCCM Package... 10
Creating a Standard Package ...10
Overview... 10
Pre-requirements ... 10
Process Steps ... 10
Create a new Device Collection ...13
Overview... 13
Pre-requirements ... 13
Process Steps ... 13
Deploy the Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus Package ...16
Overview... 16
Pre-requirements ... 16
Process Steps ... 17
End User Experience ...17
Deploy Office 365 ProPlus using an SCCM Application... 20
Creating Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus as an application ...20
Overview... 20
Pre-requirements ... 20
Process Steps ... 20
Deploy the Application...37
Overview... 37
Pre-requirements ... 37
Process Steps ... 38
Overview... 40
Pre-requirements ... 40
Process Steps ... 40
Deploy Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus using Microsoft Intune ... 43
Create the Microsoft Office 365 Application in Microsoft Intune ...43
Overview... 43
Pre-requirements ... 43
Process Steps ... 43
Deploying Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus ...53
Overview... 53
Pre-requirements ... 53
Process Steps ... 53
End User Experience ...55
Overview... 55
Pre-requirements ... 55
General Description
This document describes how to prepare, add and deploy Microsoft Office 365 Professional Plus (2016) using various technologies from Microsoft such as System Center Configuration
Manager, Microsoft Intune and Microsoft Deployment Toolkit.
We know that there are a lot of scenarios to cover, but instead of waiting for a big release, we have decided to make this document dynamic. You should expect to see new releases of this guide at least once per month until all common deployment scenarios are covered.
Prepare Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus for deployment
Overview
This procedure describes how to prepare Microsoft Office 365 Professional Plus (2016) to be installed unattended. The aim of this procedure is to create and prepare the installation source folder for use with System Center Configuration Manager.
Pre-requirements
In order for the operator to perform the steps described below, the following requirements must be in place:
The operator must have access to the Internet.
Process Steps
1. Download the Office 2016 Deployment Tool from Microsoft using this link:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=49117. 2. Run the downloaded file, and follow the wizard.
3. Accept the license terms, and click Continue.
5. Click OK to close the wizard.
6. Open Windows Explorer and navigate to the folder where you extracted the files (C:\Office2016CTR\). The content of the folder should look like this:
7. Now we need to create a new configuration file that will be used to download the setup files. This is where we specify what products, versions and languages we want to use. In this example we will download the 32-bit version of Office, Visio and Project. The languages we want to download are English and Danish.
8. Now the setup folder should look like this:
9. The new version of the Office 2016 Deployment Tool has a minor bug that will return the following error if you use a configuration file that doesn’t have a source path specified. To work around this little issue, we need to run Setup.exe from a script that will create the required folder structure and some dummy files that will be overwritten by the download later.
10. The folder should now look like this:
11. Now we’re ready to start the download. Simply run the UpdateSource.bat, and wait for the script to complete. Notice that the Office folder was created by the script.
English.
The Office 2016 Deployment Tool comes with a sample file that you can use as a template to create the desired deployment experience. Examples include Enable Automatic Updates, Accept the EULA, Logging, etc.
As you can see in the example below, we have enabled a few options that will help us give the end user the experience that we prefer.
13. That’s it. Now we have the latest version of Microsoft Office 2016 Professional Plus ready to be deployed. If you run the script again, it will update the folder with the latest release of Office. The previous version will remain in the folder.
14. If you want to test the deployment, you can now launch Setup.exe from a Command Prompt with the following parameters:
Deploy Office 365 ProPlus using an SCCM Package
Creating a Standard Package
Overview
This chapter describes how to create a software package for Microsoft Office 365 Professional Plus using standard packages in System Center Configuration Manager.
Pre-requirements
In order for the operator to perform the steps described below, the following requirements must be in place:
The operator must have access to a system running the Configuration Manager Administration Console.
The operator must be logged in with a user account with permissions to create and deploy packages.
Process Steps
1. Before we start creating a new package, we need to copy the setup files to the configuration manager source share. In this example the source share for software packages is: \\cm01.demo.lab\source$\Software Packages\.
First we create a folder for the application and a subfolder that contains the deployment type (if we later decide to create multiple deployment types).
For this software package, we will use the name: “Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus
32-bit ENU”.
The full path will be \\cm01.demo.lab\source$\Software Packages\Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus 32-bit ENU\.
2. In the Configuration Manager Console, navigate to Software Library / Overview /
3. In the ribbon menu, click Create Package.
4. In the Create Package and Program Wizard on the package page, specify the name of the package: Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus 32-bit ENU.
5. Under Set Source Folder, verify that Network path (UNC name) is selected. Type the full UNC path to the package source (\\cm01.demo.lab\source$\Software
6. On the Package page, click Next.
7. On the Program Type page, verify that Standard program is selected, and click
Next.
8. On the Standard Program page, type the following name: Install, and click
Browse…
9. In the Open window, select the Setup.exe file, and click Open.
10. On the Standard Program page, set Program can run to Whether or not a user is
logged on, and click Next.
11. On the Requirements page, set the Estimated disk space to 1000 MB and the
Maximum allowed run time (minutes) to 30, and click Next.
12. On the Summary page, verify all the settings and click Next. 13. On the Completion page, click Close.
Create a new Device Collection
Overview
This chapter describes how to create a new test collection in System Center Configuration Manager to target the deployment of Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus.
Pre-requirements
In order for the operator to perform the steps described below, the following requirements must be in place:
The operator must have access to a system running the Configuration Manager Administration Console.
The operator must be logged in with a user account with permissions to create collections.
Process Steps
1. Packages are often used to target device collections when something should be
deployed as required, so in this example we’ll start by creating a test collection that just has a single Windows 10 client as a direct member.
In the Configuration Manager Console, navigate to Assets and Compliance /
Overview / Device Collections.
2. In the Ribbon, Select the Home tab, and click Create Device Collection.
3. On the General page, name the collection Office 365 Test Clients, and configure the
Limiting collection to All Desktop and Server Clients. Click Next.
5. This will launch the Direct Membership Rule Wizard, and on the Welcome page, click Next.
6. On the Search for Resources page, type the Name of the test computer where you want to deploy Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus, and click Next.
8. On the Summary page, click Next. 9. On the Completion page, click Close.
11. On the Summary page, verify the details and click Next. 12. On the Completion page, click Close to complete the wizard.
Deploy the Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus Package
Overview
This chapter describes how to deploy Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus as a software package in System Center Configuration Manager to a test collection.
Pre-requirements
In order for the operator to perform the steps described below, the following requirements must be in place:
The operator must be logged in with a user account with permissions to deploy applications.
Process Steps
1. In the Configuration Manager Console, navigate to Software Library / Overview /
Application Management / Packages.
2. Select Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus 32-bit ENU. 3. In the Ribbon, select the Home tab, and click Deploy.
4. On the General page, click Browse… to select the target collection.
5. Select the Office 365 Test Clients collection that we created in the previous step, and click OK.
6. On the General Page, click Next.
7. On the Content page, click Add, and select Distribution Point.
8. In the Add Distribution Points wizard, select the distribution(s), and click OK. 9. On the Content page, click Next.
10. On the Deployment Settings page, verify that Required is selected, and click Next. 11. On the Scheduling page, click New…
12. On the Assignment Schedule page, select Assign immediately after this event, and verify that As soon as possible is selected. Click OK.
13. On the Scheduling page, click Next.
14. On the User Experience page, leave the default settings, and click Next. 15. On the Distribution Points page, leave the default settings, and click Next. 16. On the Summary page, verify the details and click Next.
17. On the Completion page, click Close to complete the wizard.
End User Experience
1. Log on to the client computer as a standard user.
2. Run the Machine Policy Retrieval & Evaluation Cycle action from the Configuration Manager client in the control panel.
Deploy Office 365 ProPlus using an SCCM Application
Creating Microsoft
Office 365 ProPlus
as an application
Overview
This chapter describes how to create an application for Microsoft Office 365 Professional Plus in System Center Configuration Manager.
Pre-requirements
In order for the operator to perform the steps described below, the following requirements must be in place:
The operator must have access to a system running the Configuration Manager Administration Console.
The operator must be logged in with a user account with permissions to create and deploy applications.
Process Steps
1. Before we startcreating a new application, we need to copy the setup files to the Source share for our Configuration Manager content. In this example, the source share for applications is: \\cm01.demo.lab\source$\Application\.
First we create a folder for the application and a subfolder that contains the deployment type (if we later decide to create multiple deployment types).
For the application, we will use the name: “Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus”, and the deployment type will be “DT-SCRIPT_x86”.
The full path will be \\cm01.demo.lab\source$\Application\Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus\DT-SCRIPT_x86.
2. In the Configuration Manager Console, navigate to Software Library / Overview /
3. In the ribbon menu, click Create Application.
4. In the Create Application Wizard, on the General page, select Manually specify the
5. On the General information page, enter the following name for the application:
Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus and any optional information that you want (Publisher,
8. On the Summary page, review the settings you've chosen, and then choose Next to create the application.
9. After the application is created, on the Completion page, choose Close.
11. Select the Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus application, and then on the Home tab, click
Create Deployment Type.
13. On the General page, enter the following name for the deployment type;
DT-SCRIPT_x86, and click Next.
14. In the Content location box, type the network path (UNC) to the source files for Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus. In this scenario, the path is:
15. In the Installation program box, enter the following text: setup.exe /configure
configuration.xml, and click Next.
Note: Uninstall will be covered in another update of this document or a new chapter.
17. In the Detection Rule dialog box, do the following, and click OK:
In the Setting Type list, select Registry. Then in the Hive list, select
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
In the Key box, enter the following text:
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\O365ProPlusR etail - en-us.
Select Use (Default) registry key value for detection.
19. In the User Experience page, do the following, and click Next:
In the Installation behavior list, select Install for system.
In the Logon requirement list, select Whether or not a user is logged on.
Set the Maximum allowed run time (minutes) to 30.
20. On the Requirements page, click Add…
Note: You can create many different types of requirement rules, but in this example, I will provide three common examples of requirement rules we can use to target the right deployment type for the right system/environment.
21. Create a requirement rule with the following settings, and click OK.
Category = Device
Condition = Total physical memory
Rule type = Value
Operator = Greater than or equal to
22. Click Add…
23. Create a requirement rule with the following settings, and click OK.
Category = Device
Condition = Disk Space
Rule type = Value
Select local logical drive = System drive
Operator = Greater than or equal to
24. Click Add…
25. Create a requirement rule with the following settings, and click OK.
Category = Device
Condition = Operating System
Rule type = Value
Operator = One of
28. On the Summary page, review the settings, and click Next. 29. On the Completion page, click Close.
Deploy the Application
Overview
This chapter describes how to deploy Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus as an application to a user in System Center Configuration Manager.
Pre-requirements
In order for the operator to perform the steps described below, the following requirements must be in place:
The operator must have access to a system running the Configuration Manager Administration Console.
Process Steps
1. In the Configuration Manager Console, navigate to Software Library / Overview /
Application Management / Applications.
2. Select Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus.
3. In the Ribbon, select the Home tab, and click Deploy.
4. On the General Page, click Browse… to select the target collection.
6. On the General page, click Next.
7. On the Content tab, click Add and then select Distribution Point.
Note: Most customers would prefer to target all content to distribution point groups, but in this example, we only want to target a single distribution point.
9. On the Content page, click Summary
(you can leave the rest of settings in the wizard at the default values). 10. On the Summary page, click Next.
11. On the Completion page, click Close.
End User Experience
Overview
This chapter describes the end user experience when Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus is deployed using the System Center Configuration Manager Application Catalog.
Pre-requirements
In order for the operator to perform the steps described below, the following requirements must be in place:
The operator must have access to a Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 client system with the System Center Configuration Manager Client Agent installed.
The Windows Client must be a member of the same Active Directory forest as the Configuration Manager Site Server.
The operator must be logged in with a domain user account that is a member of the All Users Collection in System Center Configuration Manager.
The Application Catalog role should be installed and configured in the System Center Configuration Manager environment.
Process Steps
Note: If you are using a Windows 10 client, you should start Internet Explorer from the desktop, not from Microsoft Edge. The current version of Configuration Manager does not support Microsoft Edge as the Application Catalog requires Silverlight. This will be fixed in the next version of Configuration Manager that is scheduled to be released in Q4 2015.
2. Open http://cm01/CMApplicationCatalog.
3. Select Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus, and click Install.
5. Verify that the application installation has started, and wait for the installation to complete.
6. When the software installation is completed, you should see a prompt from the Software Center that displays the installation status. Click OK.
Deploy Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus using Microsoft Intune
Create the Microsoft Office 365 Application in Microsoft Intune
Overview
This chapter describes how to deploy Microsoft Office 365 Professional Plus using Microsoft Intune. It doesn’t cover setting up a Microsoft Intune subscription or installation of Intune Agent on client machines.
Pre-requirements
In order for the operator to perform the steps described below, the following requirements must be in place:
The operator must have a Microsoft Intune subscription. You can get a trial account at
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/products/microsoft-intune/.
The operator must be logged in with a user account with permissions to create and deploy applications.
Microsoft Internet Explorer.
Microsoft Office logo (check http://www.iconfinder.com/).
The installation files from the “Prepare Office 365 ProPlus for deployment” chapter.
Process Steps
1. Log in using your Microsoft Intune administrator account at
https://admin.manage.microsoft.com. 2. Go to APPS and select Apps.
3. In the menu, click on Add App.
5. This will download and execute the Microsoft Intune Software Publisher application.
7. On the Add Software page, click Next.
8. On the Software setup page, click on Browse… and browse to the Setup.exe executable for Office 365. Select “Include additional files and subfolders from the
9. On the Software description page, type in the information about the application like this:
Publisher: Microsoft
Name: Office 365 ProPlus
Description: Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus Category: Productivity
Note: As of the time of writing, it’s not possible to choose Windows 10 as an operating system requirement. Hopefully this will be updated in an upcoming update of Microsoft Intune.
11. On the Detection rules page, click Add Rule, select Registry key exists and click
Add.
12. Under Registry key exists, type in the following and click Next:
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Note: You can create multiple detection rules. For example, you can create a File exists rule to search for an existing file in one file path, and then create another File exists rule to search for an existing file in a different file path. You can also create multiple detection rules of different types. For example, you can add a separate Registry key exists rule in addition to the previous example search criteria. When both of these rules are in place, Intune determines whether the file exists. If it does exist, the app is
considered to be detected. If it does not exist, Intune examines whether the registry key exists. 13. On the Command line arguments page, select Yes, and in the Command line
14. On the Return codes page, accept the defaults, and click Next.
15. On the Summary page, verify that the information is correct and click Upload.
17. When the upload is completed, click Close.
Deploying Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus
Overview
This chapter describes how to deploy Microsoft Office 365 Professional Plus using Microsoft Intune.
Pre-requirements
In order for the operator to perform the steps described below, the following requirements must be in place:
The operator must have access to the Microsoft Intune administration console.
Microsoft Internet Explorer.
Process Steps
1. Log in to the Admin portal at https://admin.manage.microsoft.com. 2. Go to APPS and select Apps. Then click Manage Deployment...
3. Choose All Users and click Add. Verify that All Users was added to the Selected
4. Click Deployment and select Available Install. Click Finish.
Note: The reason why you don’t get the option to choose Uninstall is that we’re only able to install when the installation file is an executable (.exe). We would need to create another package to do the
uninstallation of Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus. The required install option is only available for deployment to computers.
End User Experience
Overview
This chapter describes how to actually install Office 365 on a client computer that is managed by Microsoft Intune.
Pre-requirements
In order for the operator to perform the steps described below, the following requirements must be in place:
A client computer that is managed by Windows Intune.
Process Steps
1. Log on to a client machine where you have installed the Microsoft Intune Client Agent. 2. On the client computer, click on the arrow just beside the clock, right-click on the
3. Type the username and password, and click Sign in.
4. If this is the first time you sign in on the computer, you’ll see the following message. Click Yes.
5. Click on “This device is either not enrolled or the Company Portal can’t identify
6. Select the Computer Name and click Select.
8. Click on Office 365 ProPlus.
9. Click Install.
10. Office 365 ProPlus will now be installed on the device. This step will take about 30 minutes because the installation is being downloaded using bits. During the installation, you can press F5 to refresh the status of the installation.
12. Once it is finished, the following window is shown:
