Win 2003 deploys office to workstations

[bbmak]

hi:

I try to use win2003 to deploy office 2003 to all the workstation

All my workstations join the domain (bbmak.com)

I also have created a new group policy in bbmak.com in active directory of user and computer

I put office 2003 in it.

However, the workstations are not receiving the the office, but only the server has install the office2003 in it.

Help what did i do what? why is the the office is not deployed?

My server has RIS installed it. it works perfectly, but office deployment is not working.

[InTheWayBoy]

I know when I first tried this I had lots of problems...first you need to find out what is happening. Run a results report for the GPO that installs Office. Assuming you are using GPMC it's built into the interface. That should tell you something like "Access Denied" or some error message. That should point you in the right direction.

If you are getting the access denied I would triple-check your share and file security settings. I find the best results are to open the share permission up to everyone and then tighten down the file security. In my scenario I was trying to deploy Office to all computer regardless of what user logged on. However that wasn't happening, and that's when I traced it back to access denied and realized that even though I have the user security group being able to access the share, I wasn't allowing the computer security group access to it...and since the computer was installing this and not the user, then that was my problem and my fix.

Maybe a little more info from the results report and also if you are trying to deploy this to the user or the computer will help. Good luck!

[bbmak]

how do I run a result report?

this is what i do.

1. I go to active directory user and computer to make a new policy from my domain(bbmak.com), let say that policy call office_install

2. I go in to the office_install policy, and use 'assigned' office to computer

Computer configuration->software setting->(add the file 'pro11.msi') there with 'assigned opiton'

3. I create a NEW OU(office_client) in the active directory, and i move the computer that I want to install the office under that OU(I drag the computer name that I want to install under that OU, not sure it is correct or not)

4.I go to gpmc and click the OU(office_client), and right click "link existed gpo". I pick office_install from that gpo.

Here is my process. I dont know what did i do wrong

Edited July 1, 2006 by bbmak

[Sarcasmatron]

We played by the microsoft book at my uni:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-au/assistan...1401931033.aspx

We did all that, and also patched the office from the server, worked like a charm - except for those who didn't set their Share/security rights properly.