
Customize Setup before installing Office 2013
Audience: IT Professionals
To customize Setup for Windows
In Office 2013 Preview (as in Office 2010 and Office 2007), Setup controls the complete installation. This includes processes that Windows Installer handled in Office versions earlier than Office 2007. Customizing the default behavior of Setup lets you specify how the installation runs. For example, you can run the installation without user interaction, handle the product key and the Microsoft Software License Terms on behalf of users, and specify an organization name or a different installation location.
We recommend that you read the Volume activation overview for Office 2013 Preview, article before you customize Setup.
In this article:
∙Use the OCT to customize the installation
∙Create a network installation point
∙Customize Setup
∙Install Office silently
Use the OCT to customize the installation
To customize how Setup manages the installation process, use the Office Customization Tool (OCT) to create a Setup customization (.msp) file. Setup applies this file when users install Office on their computers.
In Office 2013 Preview, two
∙To run the
∙To run the
Create a network installation point
The first step in a typical corporate deployment is to create, replicate, and secure a network installation point. To do this, copy all source files from the Office 2013 Preview installation DVD to a shared location on the network. Also copy any language packs that you want to deploy from the source media to the network installation point. Users can run Setup from the network installation point, or you can use the network installation point as a starting place to distribute Office 2013 Preview by using a software
16