We are using SCCM 2012 R2 to push out Office 2013 to all of our systems. Up until 2 weeks ago, Office was being pushed with both Lync and Visio Viewer not available to the user, but Lync 2013 from a different package was being pushed. I have found a useable script that is already setup that would do a silent uninstall of that version. I want then to be able to then apply a post deployment update that will install Lync from the Office Suite that was used to initially deploy this. I also have update the MSP file so Office is now being deployed on new systems with Lync installed the way it was intended. I also found that I could go and modify the config.xml file within the office suite which would also update and add Lync once it is removed. Here is what I update:
<Configuration Product="ProPlus">
<Display Level="none" CompletionNotice="no" SuppressModal="yes"
AcceptEula="yes" />
<Logging Type="standard" Path="%temp%" Template="Microsoft Office
Professional Plus Setup(*).txt" />
<USERNAME Value="Company Name" />
<COMPANYNAME Value="Company Name" />
<!-- <INSTALLLOCATION Value="%programfiles%\Microsoft Office" /> -->
<!-- <LIS CACHEACTION="CacheOnly" /> -->
<!-- <LIS SOURCELIST="\\server1\share\Office;\\server2\share\Office" /> -->
<!-- <DistributionPoint Location="\\server\share\Office" /> -->
<OptionState Id="LyncCoreFiles" State="local" Children="force" />
<Setting Id="SETUP_REBOOT" Value="Never" />
<!-- <Command Path="%windir%\system32\msiexec.exe" Args="/i \\server\share
\my.msi" QuietArg="/q" ChainPosition="after" Execute="install" /> -->
</Configuration>
Those that are highlighted are what I changed to effect this update.
Here is where I run into my confusion. I already have a package with Office setup to install correctly in a task sequence, but how do I apply this without breaking the other. Do I have to make an additional copy of the office folder and use that then to make the updates post deployment? I know that the task sequence is using the MSP file, so I don't want to break that by putting this back in its original location. If I place it in the root of where Office resides then I should be able to use: \\server\share\Office15\setup.exe /config and create a new application package to push out the above update to install Lync.
Thank You for any assistance........
Mark Reny