Office 2008 Deployment
Prepare a user computer for installation of Office 2008 when deployed by using Apple Remote Desktop
1.If the computer is currently running the Classic environment (Mac OS 9), switch to Mac OS X, and then quit the Classic environment.
To quit the Classic environment, on the Apple menu, click System Preferences, and then click Classic. On the Start/Stop tab, click Stop.
2.Turn off virus protection software, and quit any applications that are running.
3.Back up any existing Entourage identity folders from
/Users/username/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Office<version>Identities/ in one of the following ways:
•Create and deploy a script for renaming the existing Entourage identities on each computer.
•If you are in a relatively small setup environment, you can instruct users to back up the Entourage identities that are stored in /Users/username/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Office<version>
Identities/folderName and copy them to another location on their computers. Note After you have deployed the Office 2008 applications, users can import information from their previous identities. For information on how to import from identities, see Entourage 2008 Help.
4.Remove any Dock icons for Office applications.
Installing Office 2008 from a NetBoot image
When you configure Office as part of the NetBoot image, Office is made available to users automatically when they start or restart their computers.
Note We recommend that you use a NetBoot image with Apple Remote Desktop installed and configured. Otherwise, it is not possible to administer the client computers by using Apple Remote Desktop after they start up from NetBoot.
Install Office 2008 from a NetBoot image
•To install from a NetBoot image, include the installation image as part of the NetBoot image. Office 2008 is then automatically made available to users when they start or restart their computers. For more information about creating a NetBoot image, see your server documentation.
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