Office Install Tasks

Description:

Follow these steps to help with uninstalling, reactivating, or installing Office.

To Resolve:

To Uninstall All Versions Of Office From Machine:

1. Download the Office Deployment Tool

2. Extract to c:\scripts and rename setup.exe to odt.exe

3. Configure a configuration file (XML): XML Editor

   • I create uninstall.xml at c:\scripts with the following value:

   <Configuration>
      <Remove All="TRUE"/>
   </Configuration>
   

4. Open Powershell in C:\scripts and run:

   & .\odt.exe /configure .\uninstall.xml
   

To Change A Product Key:

1. Get new key and copy to a text file so we can copy and paste from.

2. Run each line one by one in elevated CMD or Powershell:

   cd C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office16
   cscript ospp.vbs /dstatus
   :: shows XQBQ9
   cscript ospp.vbs /unpkey:XQBQ9
   cscript ospp.vbs /inpkey:XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX
   cscript ospp.vbs /act
   :: Open office, should be activated!
   

To Deploy Office 365:

1. Create a ProPlusInstallGenerator to create a .msi. Alternatively, see about github.com/OfficeDev/Office-IT-Pro-Deployment-Scripts under the deployment section. More details:

   • Automating the Removal of Old Office Versions to Upgrade to 2016
   • Deploy Office 2016 using SCCM 2012 – Click-to-Run Version

2. Deploy the MSI as part of a task sequence in MDT (imaging), as a GPO, or manually.