Installing using ODT

July 25, 2017 | by iaur | posted as Apps, Microsoft 365

Scenario

• You wants to install office 365 suite on a terminal server(Windows)
• Getting error below upon opening apps

Prerequisite

• A ProPlus Subscriptions
• Product ID
• Office Deployment Tool
• Office Deployment Tool – 2013
• Configuration XML Editor

Steps

• Download ODT and save it to desktop
• Edit in NotePad the configuration.xml file with the code below

<Configuration>

  <Add OfficeClientEdition="32" Channel="Current">

    <Product ID="O365ProPlusRetail">

      <Language ID="en-us" />

    </Product>

  </Add>

  <!--  <Updates Enabled="TRUE" Channel="Current" /> -->

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

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

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

</Configuration>

Product ID = Depends on Cx subscription

Display Level & AcceptEULA = For the installation progress

Property Name = For Licensing

• Elevate CMD as admin
• Run below code for the installation

• Change the to the desktop

cd /users/bernie.l.u.fernandez/desktop

• download the data according to information in the configuration file
• wait for the Office folder to reached about 1.5 GB

setup /download configuration.xml

•  install/configure the Apps according to information in the configuration file

setup /configure configuration.xml

• Open one of the Apps and sign in to activate

Reference

• https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Overview-of-shared-computer-activation-for-Office-365-ProPlus-836f882c-8ff6-4f19-8b24-0212e0111c94
• https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Troubleshoot-issues-with-shared-computer-activation-for-Office-365-ProPlus-c3aeb487-d45f-4079-8c35-7558a45b876c?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US
• https://kb.intermedia.net/article/21967
• https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2842297/product-ids-that-are-supported-by-the-office-deployment-tool-for-click
• https://officedev.github.io/Office-IT-Pro-Deployment-Scripts/XmlEditor.html