Deploying Custom Office 2013, Uninstalling Office 2010

We've just recently moved to SCCM for application and OS deployment, so we're setting up applications to be deployed through SCCM for the very first time. I've read a few guides to deploying Office 2013, and the majority of them follow the same procedure:
Customize Office 2013 with OCT
Create an application in SCCM by selecting proplusww.msi
Edit the deployment type and replace proplusww.msi with setup.exe
Some guides reference the .msp in the setup.exe command, some don't. e.g. "setup.exe /adminfile custom.msp"
So, a few questions:
Why should I use setup.exe vs proplusww.msi? I understood that the application model gives us more control, better autodetection, and less manual configuration. i.e. use MSI for applications
If I should use setup.exe, do I really need to reference .msp? e.g. setup.exe /adminfile custom.msp I thought that when you customize the installer, and place the msp in the \updates folder, running the setup.exe still utilizes the msp file.
Some guides say I should also used an xml file for help with uninstalling Office 2013. e.g. An xml file with Display Level, SuppressModal, and AcceptEula set, then using the command "setup.exe /uninstall proplusr /config .\proplusr.ww\unisntall.xml".
What instances would I need the xml, and which instances would I not?
Finally, I would possibly like to install Office 2013 during OSD. Would that change any recommendations on how I create the Office 2013 SCCM application?
I'd appreciate any help/advice anyone can give. I was not able to find any info directly from Microsoft on how best to deploy Office with SCCM. Nor was I able to find any info on using proplusww.msi vs setup.exe for deployment. Thanks.

If you place the .MSP file in the Updates folder, the Setup.exe program will automatically process it without the need to specify in the command line. The .XML and OCT .MSP are two different means of customizing the installation. I typically
use the OCT to create the .MSP and drop it in the Updates folder, then just call setup.exe with no switches to perform the silent install.
Make sure you set the SETUP_REBOOT property to Never in the OCT, otherwise the install may perform an unexpected reboot that could potentially cause issues with ConfigMgr (especially if it's during imaging).
Thanks for the info. What about proplusww.msi vs using setup.exe? I still haven't been able to find any documentation on using one vs the other when deploying through SCCM (as to why you should use one over the other). Almost every SCCM application deployment
guide I come across always wants you to use the MSI, sometimes going to great lengths to find one, just to avoid using an exe. So, why does almost every SCCM Office deployment guide tell me to use setup.exe? Also, is it just me, or is there really not official
best practice form Microsoft when deploying Office through SCCM?

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I am planing to deploy Office 2013 and created a MSP File (Setup /admin) for the silent Installation - everything works fine - except the uninstallation of Office 2010. In the OCT I´ve selected the Option to remove previous Versions of Office. I can
remeber that this works perfect in Office 2010 to remove Office 2007 too.
But in Office 2013 this doesn´t work anymore, the installed applications wizard (appwiz.cpl) Shows both Version of Office are installed. What is the best way to remove the old Version silently and install Office 2013? I would like to have all in one
"Application" deployed via SCCM 2012 SP1.

Have you looked at this document, or it's online equivalents:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mssmallbiz/archive/2012/10/22/free-microsoft-ebook-deployment-guide-for-microsoft-office-2013.aspx
In the section "Setup command-line options for Office 2013", they say:
/uninstall [ProductID]
Runs Setup to remove the specified product from the user’s
computer. Look up the value of [ProductID] in the Setup.xml
file for the product that you want to modify.
Example
\\server\share\Office15\setup.exe /uninstall ProPlus
where:
Office15 is the root of the network installation point.
ProPlus is the
[ProductID] ([ProductID]
is equal to the ID attribute of the
Setup element listed in
\\server\share\Office15\ProPlus.WW\setup.xml), where
ProPlus.WW is the location of the Office Professional Plus 2013 installation files.
You can customize the
/uninstall option by using it with
/config and a modified Config.xml file. This is necessary if you want to run a
“silent”
uninstall. In enterprise deployments, we recommend that you run a silent uninstall to prevent prompting users to enter information, and to prevent the installation from waiting for user interactions, even when files are being used.
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Using a text editor, edit the following element attributes in the
\\server\share\Office15\ProPlus.WW\SilentUninstallConfig.xml file:
<Configuration Product="ProPlus">
<Display Level="none"
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At the command line, use the following syntax:
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In Office 2013, just as in Office 2010 and Office 2007, you cannot use the Setup.exe command line to set Windows Installer properties, such as
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I currently have office 2013, with two email addresses being used in Outlook. I need to download Office 365 which I have already purchased. Will this have any affect on my two Outlook email addresses, and all the emails that are there?

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