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Deployment guide for
Microsoft Office 2013 Preview
Microsoft Corporation
Published: July 2012
Author: Microsoft Office System and Servers Team (itspdocs@microsoft.com)
Abstract
This book supports a preliminary release of Microsoft Office 2013 Preview and provides deployment
instructions for Office 2013 Preview. The audiences for this book include application specialists, line-of-
business application specialists, and IT administrators who are ready to deploy Office 2013 Preview.
The c
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Contents Getting help............................................................................................................................................... ix Volume activation of Office 2013 Preview ................................................................................................. 1 Articles about volume activation for Office 2013 Preview ................................................................... 1 Plan volume activation of Office 2013 Preview ............
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Create a network installation point ....................................................................................................... 16 Customize Setup .................................................................................................................................. 17 Install Office silently .............................................................................................................................. 20 Office Customization Tool (OCT) in Office 2013 P
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Remove registry entries .................................................................................................................... 45 Delete/Modify Registry Entry dialog box ........................................................................................... 45 Delete/Modify Registry Entry dialog box options .............................................................................. 45 Configure shortcuts ..................................................................
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Attributes ........................................................................................................................................... 63 AddLanguage attributes .................................................................................................................... 63 Example ............................................................................................................................................ 65 ARP element ..................................
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RemoveLanguage attributes ............................................................................................................. 80 Example ............................................................................................................................................ 80 Setting element ................................................................................................................................. 80 Attributes ............................................
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Setup process .................................................................................................................................... 102 Setup sequence of events .............................................................................................................. 102 Run Setup ....................................................................................................................................... 102 Check prerequisites ..................................
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Getting help Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this book. This content is also available online in the Office System TechNet Library, so if you run into problems you can check for updates at: http://technet.microsoft.com/office If you do not find your answer in our online content, you can send an email message to the Microsoft Office System and Servers content team at: itspdocs@microsoft.com If your question is about Microsoft Office products, and not about the conten
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Volume activation of Office 2013 Preview Audience: IT Professionals Microsoft policy requires the activation of all editions of Office 2013 Preview client software, including Volume License editions. For Office 2013 Preview, volume activation occurs through Office Activation Technologies, which are based on the Software Protection Platform (SPP) that is used in Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2012. Important: This information applies to volume-licens
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Plan volume activation of Office 2013 Preview Audience: IT Professionals You can plan the deployment of Office Activation Technologies for volume activation of Office 2013 Preview in several steps. Before you read this article, we recommend that you read Volume activation overview for Office 2010. We also highly recommend that you read the Windows Volume Activation Planning Guide. Important: This information applies to volume-licensed editions of Office 2013 Preview. It does not apply
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You do not have to enter a product key for Office 2013 Preview KMS clients. You only have to enter a KMS host key on your KMS host computer. If you decide to use MAK, enter the product key either through the Office Customization Tool (OCT) or the Config.xml file. After Office 2013 Preview installation, you can change the product key by using the Volume Activation Management Tool (VAMT) or the Office Software Protection Platform script (ospp.vbs). For more information about ospp.vbs, s
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connect to the KMS host for activation by using anonymous remote procedure calls (RPCs) through TCP communications port 1688, which is the default port number when you enable the firewall on a KMS host. You can either use the default settings, which require little or no administrative action, or manually configure KMS hosts and clients based on network configuration and security requirements. To be licensed, the KMS client must be activated. The following table describes the license state
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Windows Server 2008 R2 Publication of the KMS service The KMS service uses service (SRV) resource records (RRs) in DNS to store and communicate the locations of KMS hosts. KMS hosts use dynamic updates, if available, to publish the KMS SRV RRs. If dynamic updates are not available, or if the KMS host does not have permissions to publish the RRs, you must publish the DNS records manually or configure client computers to connect to specific KMS hosts. This might requir
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organizations can deploy merely two KMS hosts for their whole infrastructure (one main KMS host and one backup host for redundancy). KMS activation renewal KMS activations are valid for 180 days. This is called the activation validity interval. To remain activated, KMS clients must renew their activation by connecting to the KMS host at least one time every 180 days. By default, KMS client computers attempt to renew their activation every seven days. After a client’s activation is renewe
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MAK Independent Activation MAK independent activation requires that each computer independently connect and be activated with Microsoft, either over the Internet or by telephone. MAK independent activation is best suited for computers in an organization that does not maintain a connection to the corporate network. MAK Proxy Activation by using VAMT This enables a centralized activation request on behalf of multiple computers that have one connection to Microsoft. MAK Proxy activat
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2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Office 2010, and Office 2013 Preview. In addition, VAMT 3.0 supports Active Directory-Based activation. The following features are either new, or updated, in VAMT 3.0: User interface. The updated user interface makes volume activation and license management an easy, one-console process. Data storage. Data storage in a SQL Server database provides greater scalability and speed. Licensing reports. Five new Volume Licensing repo
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Important: KMS hosts that were set up by using the Office 2013 Preview release cannot be used to activate client computers that run the final release version of Office 2013 Preview. To activate these client computers, you can either run the release version of Microsoft Office 2013 KMS Host License Pack and enter the KMS host key on the same KMS host, or you can set up a new KMS server only for activating the final release version of Office 2013 Preview. Plan DNS server configuration T
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not have administrator permissions to activate with MAK by setting the appropriate registry key in the deployments or in the master image: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\OfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatform\UserOperations = 1 This registry key can also be set through the ospp.vbs script. For more information about ospp.vbs, see Tools to configure client computers in Office 2010. Plan for Active Directory-Based activation Similar to KMS activation, which activates all Office VL client
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Volume activation methods in Office 2013 Preview Audience: IT Professionals Three volume activation (VA) methods are available for Office 2013 Preview: Key Management Service (KMS) Multiple Activation Key (MAK) Active Directory-Based activation KMS and MAK are supported on Windows 7 and Windows 8. Active Directory-Based activation is supported only on Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012. Note: The activation components and the activation process that are described in this arti
