Don't use Backstage option in Office 2013

The new backstage view in Office 2010 was great for a business environment. It showed a long list of recent workbooks and recent folders and so, even working on many workbooks, there was a very good chance that one, or at worst two, clicks would get
me to the workbook I needed to work on.
In 2013 this is a whole lot harder as you only see either recent workbooks or recent folders and the lists take up more space so fewer files/folders are visible. Also Skydrive, which I doubt if many businesses would use, is far too prominent and cannot
be removed (?) The list of recent files in the menu bar is too narrow so it is often not possible to distinguish between files with similar names without hovering over and waiting!
Anyway, there is an option, (File/Options/Save) "Don't show the Backstage when opening or saving files". I have tried this option in Word and Excel and it doesn't seem to make any difference, at all. Am I missing something?
Oh BTW as IT manager I am recommending that we do not move to Office 2013. Backstage and color theme are the killers.

1st, well, I just counted the number of the Recent Workbooks on Office 2010 and Office 2013, and the number of Office 2010 is 3 more than Office 2013. When Office 2010 has 21 recent workbooks, Office 2013 has 18 on my 19" screen (1280*1024 resolution).
If that matters, try click the Send a Frown button in any Office applications to send your feedback to the Product team, :)
2nd, the width of the Recent Workbooks in Office 2013 are almost the same as Office 2010, I mean, if you can see the full name in Office 2010, you should also be able to see the full name in Office 2013.
From the above, it seems you might have mixed up the Start screen with the Recent Workbooks menu (which, BTW, also shows 16 recent workbooks).
To turn off the Start screen, uncheck the option "Show the Start screen when this application starts" in Excel or other Office applications.
3rd, the option "Don't show the Backstage when opening or saving files" does make a difference, try figure it out by compare the save or open behavior between turn it on and off.
4th, for the "color theme" issue, now we have "White", "Light Gray" and "Dark Gray", and our product team is also aware of the feedback from our cutomers, let's hope we can get more themes from the future release.
5th, for the SkyDrive, yes, I haven't found any option to remove it. Unless you are interested in creating your own customized backstage view. If so, I'd suggest you to visit the Office for Developers forums for further discussion:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/officedev
Max Meng
TechNet Community Support

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It seems you installed mixed version Office2007/2010/2013 on your client machine?
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from IE11, then check if it could fix the issue.
If above works, please test again after installing the Office Communicator 2007 r2 on your machine.
http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/3e8c0976-2794-49a2-92fe-6a254b3cc4ca/a-microsoft-sharepoint-foundation-compatible-application-could-not-be-found?forum=projserv2010setup
http://blogs.technet.com/b/emeaoffice/archive/2013/04/29/you-get-an-error-message-when-you-open-an-office-file-from-sharepoint-on-a-computer-on-which-you-installed-more-than-one-version-of-office.aspx
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Installing Office 2013 on several PCs in a small company

Rather than create individual Live IDs for each of the 7 PCs in a small company, in order to install Office 2013, can we install 7 copies of Office 2013 using a single Live ID? (each copy of Office 2013 is licenced individually, not bought through
VLSC).
Or, is there a better way to install several copies of Office 2013 in an organisation (that does not want to buy Volume Licencing, they just want to buy individual copies)?

Are you talking about the local install version Office 2013, or Office 365 (2013)?
Office 365 is "easier" if you are dealing with volume licenses. Office 365 "installs" very quickly, in a matter of minutes. So if you are talking about buying individual 365 business licensees, just document a short procedure telling users how to install
Office 365 (sorry, that may not work if they don't have admin rights on the PC).
If you bought Office 365 volume license, here is a procedure I pieced together:
How does a company install and control licenses - Business
Using Click to Run virtualization, the process of getting new users running has substantially changed. Because CTR installations are so fast, you no longer have to pre-install the software for users.
A business IT Admin controls use of corporate Office 365 licenses through the Office 365 Administration Center online.
Overview:
- In the Office 365 Administration Center the designated Office Administrator sets up the new USER ID
- Setup the associated email account(s)
- Setup Office licenses allowed to the userid
- the new User logs in to their new computer
- in Internet Explorer the user goes to the “Office 365 Portal” site to get their allowed Office 365 installation
- using the Click to Run installation process, Office 365 is installed and running on a new computer is a matter of minutes.
The following links will provide you with more detailed information of where to look and what to do. You may require some additional support from an “expert” .
Free MS training for Office 365 Administration Center / Portal
http://office365support.ca/does-microsoft-have-free-training-for-the-new-office-365/
Excellent resource to get you started administering your business Office 365 licenses.
The first video,
Exploring the Office 365 Administration Center (9:32), describes
how to create new userids, and to assign Office licenses to them. It also very quickly breezes by how to install Office.
The second vidow,
Office 365 Overview for IT Administrators (14:00), quickly walks you
through setting up new company and users.
On basic setup page, step 3 “Set up User Access” provides links to instructions on how to set up new users.
In Service Settings, Downloads, you can control what Office apps the user can download.
Creating Users for the NEW Office 365
http://office365support.ca/creating-cloud-users-for-the-new-office-365/
This page provides more detailed instructions for setting up the new userids and granting them Office 365 licenses
Configuring Desktops for the NEW Office 365
http://office365support.ca/configuring-desktops-for-the-new-office-365/
The following post will document how to setup a Windows 8 desktop for a cloud user for Office 365. I have already installed Windows 8 and created
the local account for my test user. I have logged into the Office 365 portal and had the user change his password. The password for Office 365 and the password for the desktop are the same.
Office 365 for enterprises: A tour for administrators
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/videos/office-365-for-enterprises-a-tour-for-administrators-HA102654955.aspx
Office 365 for enterprises brings together the online services your business needs. To see how to set up and manage these services, watch these four short videos.
Where did My MSI go - Deployment Video
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/technet/en-us/office/media/video/video.html?cid=otc&from=mscomoffice&VideoID=670e3969-0509-4d3a-a8a6-ffbe526d3e6f&src=v5:endslate:related^play:related_0&from=shareembed-syndication
10 minute comparison of MSI and CTR
Touches on corporate provisioning in”User Based License Model Activation”. Users activate/deactivate, but IT still has control to deprovision the license (starting at about minute 8:15).
Then in this video / article :
http://blogs.technet.com/b/office_resource_kit/archive/2013/03/20/the-new-office-garage-series-identity-activation-data-access.aspx
They again say the companies can still allow userid activation while maintaining control of the licenses through Active Directory
<snip>
Jeremy: So we showed the installation experience for a domain-joined computer where single sign on is enabled and one that is not domain-joined, but installs via the Office 365 portal. In the direct from portal case when you kick off the
installation, you will see a file that looks something like this:
Setup.X86.en-us_O365ProPlusRetail_24*****-45a2-4eeb-b06f-b14****189c8_TX_PR_.exe
In a future episode we'll talk about all of the configurations needed to suppress completely sign-in, first run experiences and user prompts. IT admins have had to deal with these in past releases of Office, but now there are ways to
automatically sign users in to Office 365 installs picking up their domain credentials. I also showed the effects of deleting the user account from the Azure AD store and how it put Yoni's Office into Reduced Functionality Mode (RFM) -
even if Yoni installs Office on his personal devices using his organization's Office software assets, once Yoni leaves the org the IT department can deprovision his personal installs. That keeps software asset management cleaner and IT is in control.
Yoni: Don't forget we also had Mark Russinovich on the show and he explained the security model for online services with Azure AD - in your car. It sounds like they are taking the defense in depth approach to harden the service. And you
made him slum it in your car, Jeremy.
</snip>
Overview of ID, Authentication and Authorization in Office 2013
<snip http://blogs.technet.com/b/office_resource_kit/archive/2013/04/16/new-poster-and-content-roadmaps-about-office-identity-authentication-authorization-and-security.aspx
>
This page has links to 3 posters. The first poster “Identity and Authentication in the Cloud: Office 2013 and Office 365” describes at a high level how to control new user setup in a corporate / small business environment.
</snip>
<snip http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj683102.aspx
>
This page also has a link to the same poster online (http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=38193 has PDF and Visio versions of the chart). As well, it goes into
more detail with information like the following:
… Because Office is a tool that is used by the same individual in two different roles, the new Office offers two identities with which users can log on to Office 2013:
A Microsoft account, which most people use for personal business
An organization ID that is assigned by Microsoft, which most people use when doing work for an organization, such as a business, charity, or school.
The credentials that are used to sign in are recognized as either personal or organizational. That sign-in identity becomes the user's “home realm” and determines which documents the user has access to on SharePoint, SkyDrive, or Office 365 Services for
a specific session. Each unique sign in identity is saved in a most-recently used list so that it is easy to switch between identities without leaving the Office experience.
a personal SkyDrive can be mounted to an organization identity so that personal documents can be accessed at work or school without ever switching identities. Also, when a user authenticates by using an identity, this authentication is valid for all Office
applications, not just the application he or she signed in to.
Two logon types are supported when users sign in to Office 2013, a Microsoft account or an organization ID that is assigned by Microsoft.
Microsoft account (the user’s individual account). This account, formerly known as Windows Live ID, is the credential that users use to authenticate with the Microsoft network and is frequently used for personal or non-business work, such
as volunteer work. To create a Microsoft account, a user provides a user name and password, certain demographic information, and “account proofs,” such as an alternative email address or phone number. For more information about the new Microsoft account, see
What is a Microsoft account?.
An organization ID that is assigned by Microsoft / Office 365 account ID that is assigned by Microsoft. This account is created for business use. An Office 365 account can be one of three types: a pure Office 365 ID, an Active Directory
ID, or an Active Directory Federation Services ID. These are described below:
Office 365 ID. This ID is created when an admin sets up an Office 365 domain and takes the form <user>@<org>.onmicrosoft.com, for example:
[email protected]
Organization ID that is assigned by Microsoft that is validated against a user's Active Directory ID. An organization ID that is assigned by Microsoft and validated against Active Directory as follows:
First, a person who has an [on-premise domain]\<user> account attempts to access organization resources.
Next, the resource requests authentication from the user.
Then, the user types in their organization user name and password.
Finally, that user name and password are validated against the organization AD database, the user is authenticated, and is given access to the requested resource.
An organization ID that is assigned by Microsoft that is validated against a user’s Active Directory Federation Services ID. An organization ID that is assigned by Microsoft and validated against Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS)
as follows:
First, one person who has an org.onmicrosoft.com attempts to access
partner organization resources.
Then, the resource requests authentication from the user.
Next, the user types in their organization user name and password.
Then, that user name and password are validated against the organization AD database.
Finally, that same user name and password are passed to the partner’s federated AD database, the user is authenticated, and is given access to the requested resource.
For on-premises resources, Office 2013 uses the domain\alias user name for authentication. For federated resources, Office 2013 uses the [email protected] user name for authentication.
</snip>
Office 365 Administration / Office 365 Administration Center / Office 365 Portal
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj819272.aspx
This page summarized methods of administering Office 365
User Account Management
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj819300.aspx
Sign-in for Small Business subscriptions
Users receive Windows Azure Active Directory cloud credentials—separate from other desktop or corporate credentials—for signing into Office 365 and other Microsoft cloud services.
Sign-in options for Enterprise, Midsize Business, Kiosk, Academic, and Government subscriptions
Office 365 for Enterprise, Midsize Business, Kiosk, Academic, and Government subscriptions has two systems that can be used for user identities:
Organizational account (cloud identity) Users receive Windows Azure Active Directory cloud credentials—separate from other desktop or corporate credentials—for signing into Office 365 and other Microsoft cloud
services. This is the default identity, and is recommended for small and midsize businesses in order to minimize deployment complexity. Passwords for organizational accounts use the Windows Azure Active Directory
password policy.
Federated account (federated identity) For all subscriptions other than Office 365 Small Business and Office 365 Small Business Premium, in organizations with on-premises Active Directory that use single sign-on
(SSO), users can sign into Office 365 services by using their Active Directory credentials. The corporate Active Directory stores and controls the password policy. For information about SSO, see
Single sign-on roadmap.
The type of identity affects the user experience and user account management options, as well as hardware and software requirements and other deployment considerations.
Custom domains and identity options
When you create a new user, the user’s sign-in name and email address are assigned to the default domain as set in the Office 365 admin center. By default, the Office 365 subscription uses the <company name>.onmicrosoft.com
domain that was created with the Office 365 account. You can add one or more custom domains to Office 365 rather than retaining the
onmicrosoft.com domain, and can assign users to sign in with any of the validated domains. Each user’s assigned domain is the email address that will appear on sent and received email messages.
You can host up to 600 registered Internet domains in Office 365, each represented by a different namespace.
For organizations using single sign-on, all users on a domain must use the same identity system: either cloud identity or federated identity. For example, you could have one group of users that only needs a cloud identity because they don’t access on-premises
systems, and another group of users who use Office 365 and on-premises systems. You would use add two domains to Office 365, such as
contractors.contoso.com and
staff.contoso.com, and only set up SSO for one of them. An entire domain can be converted from cloud identity to federated identity, or from federated identity to cloud identity.
For more information about domains in Office 365, see the
Domains service description.
Creating user accounts
Office 365 provides five ways to create user accounts, some of which are not available for Office 365 Small Business and Office 365 Small Business Premium: Add single User, Bulk upload using *.CSV files, Active Directory Synchronization, Azure Active Directory
Module for powershell, Exchange Simple Migration
Password management
The policies and procedures for password management depend on the identity system.
Cloud identity password management:
When using cloud identities, passwords are automatically generated when the account is created.
For cloud identity password strength requirements, see
Change your password.
To increase security, users must change their passwords when they first access Office 365 services. As a result, before users can access Office 365 services, they must sign into the Office 365 portal, where they are prompted to change their passwords.
Admins can set the password expiration policy. For more information for Enterprise and Midsize subscriptions, see
Set a user’s password expiration policy. For Small Business, see
Change how often passwords expire.
License management
A subscription to Office 365 is made up of a number of licenses to a set of services. An administrator assigns a license to each user for each service that user needs access to. For more information about managing licenses, see
Assign or remove a license in Office 365 Enterprise, or
Assign or remove a license in Office 365 Small Business.
Office 365 for Business FAQ
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/business/microsoft-office-365-for-business-faq-FX103030232.aspx
Some general questions are answered
Deployment guide for Microsoft Office 2013
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mssmallbiz/archive/2012/10/22/free-microsoft-ebook-deployment-guide-for-microsoft-office-2013.aspx
Free Download, 147 pg
Table of Contents
Getting help
Volume activation of Office 2013
Plan volume activation of Office 2013
Volume activation methods in Office 2013
Deploy volume activation of Office 2013
Use tools to configure client computers in Office 2013
Customize installations of Office 2013
Customize Setup before installing Office 2013
Configure a silent installation of Office 2013
Create custom configurations of Office 2013
Office Customization Tool (OCT) in Office 2013
Config.xml file in Office 2013
Setup command-line options for Office 2013
Setup properties in Office 2013
Setup architecture overview for Office 2013
Customize the Accessibility Checker for Office 2013
Outlook 2013
Planning overview for Outlook 2013
Choose between Cached Exchange Mode and Online Mode for Outlook 2013
Plan a Cached Exchange Mode deployment in Outlook 2013
Plan feature customizations in Outlook 2013
Choose security and protection settings for Outlook 2013
Configure multiple Exchange accounts for Outlook 2013
Configure Cached Exchange Mode in Outlook 2013
Configure Outlook Anywhere in Outlook 2013
Configure junk e-mail settings in Outlook 2013
Roll out Office 2013
Install Office 2013 from the local installation source
Deploy Office 2013 from a network installation point
Deploy Office 2013 by using Group Policy computer startup scripts
Language in Office 2013
Plan for multi-language deployment of Office 2013
Customize language setup and settings for Office 2013
Add or remove language packs after deployment of Office 2013
Mixed language versions of Office 2013
Companion proofing languages for Office 2013
Language identifiers and OptionState Id values in Office 2013
Security in Office 2013
Security overview for Office 2013
Authentication in Office 2013
Plan for Information Rights Management in Office 2013
Group Policy for Office 2013
Planning for Group Policy in Office 2013

Office 2013 Packager failed: Office (32-bit) not packaging because of Office (64-bit)

Hello,
I used ODT to download Office 2013 Pro 32-bit and now I am trying to create a package from those files. I use the command line:
Setup.exe /packager configuration.xml "E:\Office 2013 Pro App-v"
When I try to run this, I immidiatly get the following message:
"We found a problem! We're sorry, Office (32-bit) couldn't be installed because you have these 64-bit Office programs installed on your computer. Microsoft Office 2013. 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Office programs don't get along, so you can only have
one type installed at a time. Please try installing the 64-bit version of Office instead, or uninstall your other 64-bit Office programs and try this installation again."
I checked my installed programs on the server, but I don't have Office 2013 64-bit installed. I did in the past create packages for Office 2013 64-bit , but it's currently not in published/installed on the server. I checked with revo uninstaller to be sure.
Is there a registry setting, or something that is misleading App-V to believe I still have Office 2013 64-bit somewhere installed? I really need to stream MS Access 32-bit to users. But cannot solve this issue.
Thanks in advance,

Hello,
Thanks for replying. Your solution works, BUT I'm immidiatly running into a second problem. The .appv package that is created, cannot be published. The error I get is:
An unexpected error occurred while retrieving AppV package manifest. Windows error code: 1465 - Windows was unable to parse the requested XML data.
I think this has to do with issues in the september releases of Office 2013. I'm gonna try downloading a previous versin using ODT. Changing the configuration.xml file to:
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<ExcludeApp ID="Excel" />
<ExcludeApp ID="Groove" />
<ExcludeApp ID="Infopath" />
<ExcludeApp ID="Lync" />
<ExcludeApp ID="OneNote" />
<ExcludeApp ID="Outlook" />
<ExcludeApp ID="Powerpoint" />
<ExcludeApp ID="Project" />
<ExcludeApp ID="Publisher" />
<ExcludeApp ID="SharePointDesigner" />
<ExcludeApp ID="Visio" />
<ExcludeApp ID="Word" />
    </Product>
</Add>
    <Updates Enabled="False" />
    <Display Level="None" AcceptEULA="TRUE" />
<Logging Name="Office2013_package.txt" Path="%temp%" />
  <Property Name="AUTOACTIVATE" Value="1" />
</Configuration>

Deploy Office 2013 - Uninstall Office 2010

Hello,
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.
To run a silent uninstall
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"
CompletionNotice="no" SuppressModal="yes"
AcceptEula="yes" /> </Configuration>
At the command line, use the following syntax:
\\server\share\Office15\setup.exe /uninstall ProPlus /config \\server\share\Office15\ProPlus.WW\SilentUninstallConfig.xml
Note:
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
PIDKEY or DISPLAY. Setup does not pass these properties to Windows Installer. Instead, you make these customizations by using the Office Customization Tool or Config.xml. For a complete list of Setup properties, including blocked
and unsupported properties, see Setup properties in Office 2010.
The information also applies to Office 2013.
Office Customization Tool (OCT) in Office 2013
Config.xml file in Office 2013

Office 2013 ODT The operating system is not presently configured to run this application

hi!
We have RDS 2012 R2 setup up and running with session host, connection broker, rd gateway and rd web. AS office 2013 can be deployed using APP-V 5 SP2, we have created .appv pkg using ODT as mentioned in this
guide . It was working fine for 2 days and then suddenly we started to get error popup window saying
"The operating system is not presently configured to run this application" . We are receiving this error on Session host server(win 2k12 r2) which is App-V 5 sp2 client, when we try to open any office 2013 app.
And If check on App-v server which is also a publishing server. In event viewer i see this log entry.
Log Name:      Microsoft-AppV-Server-Publishing/Admin
Source:        Microsoft-AppV-Server-Publishing
Event ID:      215
Level:         Error
Description:
The request URL doesn't contain the query string for the client OS.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
    <Provider Name="Microsoft-AppV-Server-Publishing" Guid="{825C7963-9E32-4E3B-B74A-DF2CC3B6822B}" />
    <Execution ProcessID="3092" ThreadID="5176" />
    <Channel>Microsoft-AppV-Server-Publishing/Admin</Channel>
</Event>
SaM

We have the same issue. All other applications seem to work fine.
App-V 5.0 SP1 with hotfix package 2 installed on the App-V Management/Publishing server. We only use Windows Server 2012 RDS instead of R2. On the RDS servers, App-V 5.0 SP2 is installed. We use User Profile Disks and also used the ODT for Office
2013.
I our case it worked for a few hours. We didn't change anything (no updates of other things) other than having a few users try to login with different accounts to test the application. Reinstalling the client doesn't work and we also tried to removed
all AppVClientPackages and then clear the cache from locations like:
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\AppV\Client\VFS
%APPDATA%\Microsoft\AppV\Client\VFS
C:\ProgramData\App-V
I'll post a solution if I find one.

App-V 5 SP2 ODT Office 2013 32bit Package Import error

I have used ODT to package Office 2013/Project/Visio. The package is created without any errors. When I go to import the package using App-V Management Console i get the below error.
"There were problems interacting with the database on the server. The error was: String or binary data would be truncated.
The statement has been terminated."
There are no further errors and the import fails.
I have successfully imported the 64bit version using the exact same steps without issue. Can someone please advise?

Thanks for the escalation Brandon. Yes i have created the 32bit version without the Languages, and this has worked. so it looks as if there is a String that is being created which may exceed the limits of the Database.
I was able to open the Appv file in Sequencer and just change the name using that. I am now able to publish the App. I still find it strange that ODT allows the file to be created with such a long string and then throw an error.

Office 2013 upgrade so that users keep individual properties

How do I set up an Office 2013 upgrade msi so that the individual user can keep their current properties? The msi will be sitting in a Skydrive account.
I need to upgrade about 25 remote users to Office 2013. These users are in different locations, mixture if window 7 and 8 machines. All machines are currently running Office 2010.
We are VL holders so I can create a msi file but after running two test upgrades most of the individual user properties (default templates, outlook settings) are not being kept. It looks like a new install.
Any help is appreciated.

I would recommend using USMT 5 for Office 2013.
http://blogs.technet.com/b/nepapfe/archive/2013/04/15/using-usmt-v-5-to-migrate-your-profile-data-apps-amp-profile-settings.aspx
Before that, we need this hotfix:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2846838
Tony Chen
TechNet Community Support

Issue with Date and Time Picker on Windows 8.1 and Office 2013

We are having a issue with the Developer tool in Excel called the Date and Time Picker which puts a calendar field into the spreadsheet where you can select a date from the calendar popup
If we change this date field and then save and close and reopen it reverts back to the previous date before the change was made
If we do the same process on a Windows 7 machine with Office 2013 it saves the changes we made to the Date and Time picker field

Hi jdono2,
I'm using Windows 8 and Office 2013,and I can't reproduce this issue.
Please make sure you have already upgraded to the latest version of excel, try to reregister the MSCOMCT2.OCX.
Also you can try to use another date picker add-in to test this issue.
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/36f83f24-cd76-4f8e-aa7b-5f166666e7d3/excel-2013-popup-calendar?forum=exceldev
Wind Zhang
TechNet Community Support

Re-installing Office 2013

I have had some issues with Windows 8.1 on my Sony laptop, and Sony has told me that they recommend doing a factory reset on my computer and re-installing windows 8.1. I am concerned because I have Office 2013 installed on my computer, and my University
only gives us one free installation code. Will my activation code work when I re-install Office?

Hi,
Don't worry, if you reinstall Office 2013 on the same PC and you’re connected to the Internet, activation will happen silently.
The Activation Wizard will appear if you've made significant changes to the hardware on the PC.
Anyway, if you have trouble activating Office 2013, please contact Customer Service and explain to the service (human beings) your scenario.
You can find your local custom support number on the link below:
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/customer-service-phone-numbers/en-us
Hope this can help.
Regards,
Melon Chen
TechNet Community Support

Office 2013 Technet installation Error 25004. The product key you entered cannot be used on this machine. (System error: - 1073422314)

I am receiving an error when attempting to install
Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2013 which I downloaded from the TechNet site. At the end of the installation process I receive the following message:
"Error 25004. The product key you entered cannot be used on this machine. This is most likely due to previous Office 2013 trials being installed. (System error:
-1073422314)"
I have never installed a trial or Beta of any Office product on this machine.   However, I have installed Office 2007 Ultimate and Office 2010 Professional Plus. All of these are 32bit versions downloaded from TechNet site. In addition,
prior to this error I had attempted unsuccessfully to install the 64bit version of Office 2013 as well as standalone versions of Visio Professional 2013 x64 and Project professional 2013 x64.   All three of these installations failed due to previous
installation of 32bit Office software, so I have downloaded the 32 bit versions but not yet tried to install, other than Office 2013.
I used the Custom upgrade option during the attempted install of Office 2013, specifying "keep all prior versions".
Note that all the above was done on a new machine. The specific purpose was to test co-existence of multiple versions of OFFICE (2007, 2010, 2013) to facilitate user training and migration.
I have tried uninstalling via Control Panel, and performed some of the steps for manual removal, however did not do all of them since 1) They are quite lengthy and 2) Some of them seem to involve removing ALL prior versions of Office, which I do not want
to do; the earlier versions are working properly and I do not want to have to uninstall them. Just want to uninstall and reinstall Office 2013.   Also tried running O15CTRREMOVE.diagcab which indicated that it could not find a problem,
but did not seem to remove anything.
I have read about ten recommended TechNet articles, which recommend everything from running a FIXIt tool, uninstalling all OFFICE software, and reformatting the whole machine. Most of these involve System error -1073418209 rather than -1073422314 (which
is the code that I am getting).   Other than that the problem sounds the same. This seems to be a problem with key management and copy protection in these products, dating back to 2010. Dozens of IT professionals have tried the solutions
and vented their frustration since other than the full format, the other solutions work only sporadically, if at all. Some of these people had been working with trial or beta software, but many who encountered this problem had not.  As
noted above, none of my software was a trail version.   I do not want to uninstall all the OFFICE versions, particularly if it as likely as not will not resolve the issue.   (I am also getting paranoid to the extent of fearing that
after uninstalling everything I might not be able to reinstall any version). I think what we need here is a definitive fix from Microsoft, though I am not too hopeful, in view of the lack of response to all the other technicians who have been struggling
with this for at least the past three years.
If anyone is aware of a solution which works consistently, I would appreciate it. Reformatting however is not an option. Detailed instructions for completely uninstalling Office 2013 (ONLY 2013) might be helpful. I would be willing to uninstall
all versions, but only as a last resort, and only if there is some assurance that this will actual solve the problem (for many others it did not seem to do so).
Thanks
PS: Probably doesn't matter, but I am running this on Windows 7 Pro w/SP1, 64 bit edition.

Tony,
Thanks for your reply.   I do in fact have three versions of Office installed on this machine, 2007 2010 and (hopefully) 2013. I have on previous occasions installed 2007 and 2010 on a single machine, but this is my first attempt to install
2013.
According to TechNet article  office.microsoft.com/en-us/support/install-and-use-multiple-versions-of-office-on-the-same-pc-HA103981695.aspx (Install
and use multiple versions of Office on the same PC) it is possible to install
Office 2003 2007 2010 and 2013 on a single system, provided they are installed in the sequence indicated.  It is noted that some problems may occur, notably involving file associations, but there is no
mention of any activation key issues.
As stated in my original request, the software which I have installed is NOT a trail version.   I did NOT obtain it from the evalcenter, but from
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/subscriptions/securedownloads/hh442904.
The above is a full retail version.    The files which I downloaded are:
en_office_ultimate_2007_united_states_x86_dvd_480625.iso
en_office_professional_plus_2010_x86_515486.exe
en_office_professional_plus_2013_x86_dvd_1123673.iso
I know that the error message says that the problem is commonly caused by attempting to install trial software more than once, but that is not the case. Several other people have reported this same problem, sometimes involving trial software but not
in every case.    My own opinion is that this is a software bug involving key management and copy protection.
Many people have reported on TechNet that the problem was NOT resolved even after uninstalling all Office software. While there is a chance I might get lucky, I really would like a solution which has a better chance for success.
By any chance, does the error code 1073422314
provide any further insight into this issue?
Thanks again for your help. However, further assistance is needed to resolve this issue.
PS: Sorry the font sizes are so mixed up, I haven't quite figured out how to control the formatting when I paste

Office 2013 click to run: configure specific options like in /admin setup

Hi,
In an Office 2013 click-to-run install, how can we set f.e. the Exchange server, disable Junk mail protection (we have a seperate system for that), disable RSS, username to be used in Outlook (%username%) etc?
We have that when using the office 2013 setup.exe /admin but not in the click to run.
I don't find these options in the config.xml reference: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc179195%28v=office.15%29.aspx
Please advise.
J.
Jan Hoedt

Hi Jan,
Click-To-Run version of Office 2013 does not contain the Office Configuration Tool (OCT). And the
Config.xml file mentioned above is used to customize Windows Installer-based Office 2013 installations, not for Click-To-Run version of Office.
To configure these specific options for Click-To-Run version of Office 2013, you can use
Group Policy Administrative Template files (ADMX, ADML). The policy settings apply to both Windows Installer-based (MSI) and Click-to-Run version of Office 2013.
Download link for the Group Policy Administrative Template files (ADMX, ADML):
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35554
Here is the reference you'll need:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc178992(v=office.15).aspx
Regards,
Ethan Hua
TechNet Community Support
It's recommended to download and install
Configuration Analyzer Tool (OffCAT), which is developed by Microsoft Support teams. Once the tool is installed, you can run it at any time to scan for hundreds of known issues in Office
programs.

How do I hide/remove the Invite People menu option under Share in Office 2013

We have attempted to disable all the cloud features of Office 2013 using GPOs. However, the "Invite People" menu option under Share in the Office backstage view still shows up. Is there a GPO or reg key to remove or hide this option? See image
below.
Thanks very much

Please try to use the Office Custom UI Editor to hide the the "Invite People" Task.
http://openxmldeveloper.org/blog/b/openxmldeveloper/archive/2009/08/07/7293.aspx
The idmso is ShareWithPeople (found it from the Office document http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=727)
and reference to the following blog to write the XML:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vsod/archive/2013/04/05/customizing-office-2013-backstage.aspx
Cheers,
Tony Chen
Forum Support
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