If you saved your custom.msp into the Updates folder, then you do not need to specify any additional information here.

In the navigation pane, select Installation options.

Verify that the Package Properties field has automatically been updated, and enter a description for the package in the text field.

Note: The path to the source files should be in the UNC format.

Browse to the location of the file, and click Open.

Open the Specops Deploy / App GPMC snap-in.

You now have all the ingredients required to create the Office 2016 Package in Specops Deploy App.

Save this SilentUninstall.xml file in the same folder as the Office 2016 setup.exe.

If you want to be able to remotely uninstall office, you will need to configure a SilentUninstall.xml file:.

When you have configured the desired settings, save the file in the “Updates” folder of your extracted Office 2016 installation files, and name it custom.msp.

– You may want to modify additional settings and features so I recommend reading through the available options. – Set the Display level to None if you want the setup to run silently. – Enable the I accept the terms in the License Agreement checkbox. – Select Licensing and user interface from the left pane, and enter the product key. – Select Install location and organization name from the left pane and enter your organization name.

Configure Microsoft Office 2016 according to your needs:.

Type setup.exe /admin to launch the Microsoft Office Customization Tool.

Open a command prompt and navigate to the location containing the Office 2016 source files.

Extract the Office 2016 source files to a share file server or DFS location that can be used with Specops Deploy.

To get started, you will need to run the Office Customization Tool, and create a new setup customization file for Office 2016, as per the below: In this blog post, I will walkthrough how you can silently install Microsoft Office 2016 on machines on your network using Specops Deploy / App. Office 2016 Silent Install with Specops Deploy

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