How to install a certain app within Office365

[Venomz1337]

Hi,

I know this may not be for everyone but for the last couple of days I have been trying to find the solution and have gone through many hours of calling and researching to get to where I am now. I have managed to find a way as to how to install certain applications within office365 without having to install the whole suite. You may be asking, why would you want that? Well, in my case, I work for a company that use Office2010 and we're not quite ready to upgrade to Office365 due to plugin issues. We did however decide that all of our staff will have Skype for Business 2013 so we went about looking for a way to install Skype for Business (previously known as lync) without having to install the entire suite.

 

How to do it:

 

You first have to download the full suite setup.exe in order to do it.

1. Create a Skype.bat file and place it in the same folder as the setup.exe

 

Type the following into the bat file:

"DESTINATION\office365\setup.exe" /configure "DESTINATION\office365\configuration.xml"

 

Remove the quotation marks and put the destination into the destination part.

 

2. Create a configuration.xml file (if you don't have one) and edit it.

 

Make sure you replace destination with the correct place of the folder but this time keep the quotation marks. Now, I have included all of the lines of code for the apps. If you want to keep a certain app, simply remove the line of code and it will be installed.
 

<Configuration>

<Add SourcePath="DESTINATION\windows\office365\" OfficeClientEdition="32" >

    <Product ID="O365ProPlusRetail" >

      <Language ID="en-us" />

<ExcludeApp ID="Access" />

<ExcludeApp ID="Excel" />

<ExcludeApp ID="InfoPath" />

<ExcludeApp ID="Groove" />

<ExcludeApp ID="OneNote" />

<ExcludeApp ID="Outlook" />

<ExcludeApp ID="PowerPoint" />

<ExcludeApp ID="Publisher" />

<ExcludeApp ID="Word" />
<ExcludeApp ID="Lync" />

</Product>

    </Add>

 

<Display Level="None" AcceptEULA="TRUE" />

<Logging Name="Officesetup.txt" Path="DESTINATION\windows\office365\"/>

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

</Configuration>

 

3. Once you've configured your xml file, run the bat as admin and wait for the CMD to close itself. Once it does, you'll have the app installed and nothing else from the Office365 suite!

Hope this helps someone as I wish someone had already done this prior to me spending time looking for a solution.

Cheers.

[mluton]

Thanks for this, I will be using this alot.

That's the issue with click2run installs from Ms it just does the lot.

[T.Vengeance]

Definitely helpful. I don't need skype for business at all.

[Venomz1337]

Thanks for this, I will be using this alot.

That's the issue with click2run installs from Ms it just does the lot.

 

No worries, just glad at least someone will make use of it.

 

Definitely helpful. I don't need skype for business at all.

 

Glad it has helped you. Just thought I'd post it since I couldn't find this anywhere else. We actually did it whilst on the phone to MS Engineers lol.

[Blake]

 Just thought I'd post it since I couldn't find this anywhere else. We actually did it whilst on the phone to MS Engineers lol.

You might be interested in:

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj219426.aspx <-click to run configuration.xml reference

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj219423.aspx <- just use the office deployment tool.

 

Keep in mind that when using the click-to-run you have no control (ok, very little) over the updates to the apps. You had best look at how to disable the updates before office 2016 arrives, or you'll get a bunch of "It's new, i don't like it" calls. I'd recommend not using the click-to-run installer so you can patch through a WSUS server.

 

Also, if you use click-to-run you are going to need to make sure your end users have fine grained permissions so they can re-arm the install every 30 (or was it 45) days without requiring local admin rights. Otherwise users will get the big red bar saying the product is not activated.

 

No-offense, but this isn't high on the skill tree, does you work block google or tech-net?

[Venomz1337]

You might be interested in:

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj219426.aspx <-click to run configuration.xml reference

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj219423.aspx <- just use the office deployment tool.

 

Keep in mind that when using the click-to-run you have no control (ok, very little) over the updates to the apps. You had best look at how to disable the updates before office 2016 arrives, or you'll get a bunch of "It's new, i don't like it" calls. I'd recommend not using the click-to-run installer so you can patch through a WSUS server.

 

Also, if you use click-to-run you are going to need to make sure your end users have fine grained permissions so they can re-arm the install every 30 (or was it 45) days without requiring local admin rights. Otherwise users will get the big red bar saying the product is not activated.

 

No-offense, but this isn't high on the skill tree, does you work block google or tech-net?

 

I'm 18 and have been working in the IT industry for 2 weeks. I didn't claim this to be any skilled work, it's basic stuff that allows people to install certain apps from a suite. It works for us so I thought I'd share it. 

Cheers

[Blake]

I'm 18 and have been working in the IT industry for 2 weeks. I didn't claim this to be any skilled work, it's basic stuff that allows people to install certain apps from a suite. It works for us so I thought I'd share it. 

Cheers

oh, didn't realise, for two weeks on the job you did very well. Boomark that site. it will help you with everything windowsMicrosoft related.