Which is better? Install Microsoft Office as part of an image or do a post install?

I've always kept Office as part of the image as I thought it would decrease the total time for deployment. Is it better to deploy it as a post install application?

+ Mod points for Henrik, heid4055, and Rens! They are all correct...
Some additional information:
1. It used to be true that adding office to the image was very important. Back in the 2010 days, when there was Office 2010, two service, packs, and any additional updates. The updates alone took more time to install than the actual product. Newer versions
of office don't suffer from this, but you can weigh the differences.
2. Note that there is a new deployment method called C2R (not to mention Office 365), which don't actually install in the foreground, instead install the application icons at the start, and stream the rest of the office suite in the background.
3. While working for Microsoft's own IT department, we started to look into putting the C2R source bits into our core Windows 8 image. If users wanted Office 2013, it would quickly install. Since the core Win8 image was streamed down to each client via MultiCast,
we didn't think the overhead of adding in the C2R bits was too much.
Confused? Sorry. But there are several great options here if you know what you want.
Keith Garner - Principal Consultant [owner] -
http://DeploymentLive.com

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If i download any file which is prepare on microsoft office 2007 . The file have been download without extension of the prog. Means if files name is "1,docx" when i download from firefox it download in that form "1". after download i have to rename and gi

If i download any file which is prepare on microsoft office 2007 . The file have been download without extension of the prog. Means if files name is "1,docx" when i download from firefox it download in that form "1". after download i have to rename and give the extension name is plz tell me the way that office files are compatible with it.
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Does apple have an app for the iMac which is similar to Microsoft office?

does apple have an app which is equivelant to microsoft office?

http://www.apple.com/iwork/
However, I don't think the current version runs on any of the pre-2006 iMacs this forum covers. If you iMac is pre-2006, we can give you some options if you tell us more about your computer, mainly processor type and Mac OSX version from "About this Mac" in your Apple menu.
Microsoft makes Office for Mac but, again, what you can run depends on what iMac variant you have and its OS version.

Which is better for Branch Office Cisco ASA or Cisco 1900 router for Branch Office?

Which is a better solution ?
Using ASA55XX or 1900 series router for WAN and Internet access for 25 - 100 users?

Without knowing more about the environment and what the real requirements are, it is difficult to give a really good answer. If your main concern is effective stateful inspection of traffic entering and leaving the site then the ASA is optimized for that. If you want redundancy (active/active or active/standby) then the ASA is better for this. There are other potential requirements which may make the router the better choice:
- what is the connection to the Internet? If it is Ethernet then either ASA or router will do fine. But if it is something other than Ethernet then you may need the router.
- is there a need for services such as Policy Based Routing? These are available on the router and not on the ASA.
- is there a need for load balancing on outbound traffic? This is available on the router and not on the ASA.
- will there be a need to do routing on the inside network? The range of available options is wider on the router than on the ASA.
- is there a need to run a routing protocol with the Internet provider? The usual choice for this is BGP and that is available on router and not on ASA.
So consider these criteria as you make your choice. Or provide more detail about your environment and what your real requirements are and we may be able to give better advice.
HTH
Rick

Microsoft Office 2008

hi there - my Brother purchased Microsoft Office 2008 for mac and gave me one of the licence codes, however - the code that I used to register my copy is apparently being used by someone else and so Microsoft Office has stopped working.
I've now bought my own Microsoft Office but am having some difficulties registering this copy with the new licence codes - do I uninstall the old version? and also is there anyway of 'unregistering' the old version as it is now completely useless...
Many thanks.

robrw wrote:
hi, thanks for the prompt replies!!
I'va managed to uninstall it fine - the problem is that when I use my new CD to install the fresh copy of MS Office, I never get the opportunity to enter the 'clean' product key that came on the CD sleeve - I presume that this is because my Mac still thinks that I'm using the 'old' product key, and consequently I'm back to square one as even though this is a fresh purchase it still thinks that I have an invalid product key...
Thanks
I found this which might be helpful:
Microsoft Office 2008
Unlike earlier versions of Microsoft Office for Mac OS X, Office 2008 does not remove its serial number, or "CD Key," when you run the "Remove Office" tool. That tool is still found on the installation disc and installed inside the "Microsoft Office 2008" folder on your hard disk, but it doesn't have the secondary function of deserializing Office 2008.
Instead, you will need to remove the following two files to have the same effect.
~/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/Office 2008/Microsoft Office 2008 Settings.plist
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Office/OfficePID.plist
You may navigate to these locations with the Mac OS X Finder by selecting Go > Go to Folder, and pasting in the following two paths (one at a time):
~/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/Office 2008/
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Office/
Removal of the OfficePID.plist file may require administrator privileges.
Reference:
http://www.rit.edu/its/services/desktop_support/mac/msofficeremoveserial.html
I would then add that you are most likely better off installing NeoOffice or OpenOffice, both of which are close to 100% MS Office compatible and both are free downloads and best of all, they work flawlessly and do not require any keys or registering, etc.
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What version(s) of Microsoft Office are supported by GW2012

We have a customer currently on GW2012 who is using the old Novell OpenOffice release (3.2.1-22 IIRC) to integrate with GroupWise Document Libraries. To cut a long story short it is not a rewarding experience for the customer and they want to switch to using Microsoft Office.
So my question is simple - Which version(s) of Microsoft Office are supported by Novell to work with DMS integration for GroupWise 2012?
I know they need to be 32bit for ODMA support to even exist but are we talking Office 2007/2010/2013, any of them or none? If nothing is supported any longer then why is DMS even included in GW2012? Moving them to Vibe would be a big ask.
If this customer buys Microsoft Office and has issues using it with their GW system then we need to be able to raise an SR with Novell and not get a "that's not supported" answer.
TIA,
Mark.

We have been using Office 2010 x32 for about a year with GW 2012 SP2 -
so far so good.
As a note, we do get Error 8E14 from time to time when creating a new
document using "Save As" with an older library document as the source.
We are able to recover the new file with a few steps and no data is
lost. Just annoying.
Not sure about Vibe .... no custom fields, etc
Steve
MarkDissington wrote:
>
> We have a customer currently on GW2012 who is using the old Novell
> OpenOffice release (3.2.1-22 IIRC) to integrate with GroupWise
> Document Libraries. To cut a long story short it is not a rewarding
> experience for the customer and they want to switch to using
> Microsoft Office.
>
> So my question is simple - Which version(s) of Microsoft Office are
> -supported- by Novell to work with DMS integration for GroupWise 2012?
>
> I know they need to be 32bit for ODMA support to even exist but are we
> talking Office 2007/2010/2013, any of them or none? If nothing is
> supported any longer then why is DMS even included in GW2012? Moving
> them to Vibe would be a big ask.
> If this customer buys Microsoft Office and has issues using it with
> their GW system then we need to be able to raise an SR with Novell and
> not get a "that's not supported" answer.
>
> TIA,
> Mark.

I want to use microsoft office on my mac. I need it to run on windows platform. Which is better: boot camp or parallels 7 ?

I want to use microsoft office on my mac. I need it to run on windows platform. Which is better: boot camp or parallels 7 ?

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I want to reset my Macbook Pro back to factory condition because I want to completely eradicate Mackeeper which the previous owner (it is preloved) had downloaded. But I don't want to lose the Microsoft Office that she had installed previously. Help?

I recently bought a pre-loved Macbook which has been sparsely used but I only realised Mackeeper was installed after I got back home. I did a thorough check previously before I bought it but I didnt know what Mackeeper was until I checked it out online. I want to get rid of it completely and the only way to do that is to reset my Macbk to factory mode but by doing so, I will delete Microsoft Office too and the previous owner had lost the key product no and the neccessities to reinstall the software. I have seen others say something about moving it to an external hard drive but I don't have one and I think it would be costly? Please, any experts on this matter come forward and give your best opinions. Thanks!
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Would Microsoft office be identifical on a Mac which has been installed with Microsoft OS?

Hi guys,
I am planning to purchase a laptop to use for work so I need the MIcrosoft office to be identical to prevent any descrepancies when I do a powerpoint from home to present in office.
Any idean if I install the Microsoft OS and install Microsoft Office. Would it be identical to using Office on an Microsoft system?

My Office work is nearly 100% on Mac shared with Windows users - each new version I generally do some basic checking back and forth. For giving presentations the big thing you'll want to be aware of is that some formatting issues may occur. To keep them to a minimum, use Microsoft fonts - choose from the Styles ribbon and you'll be choosing fonts supplied by MS. These are the safest in terms of reducing appearance/formatting issues like different linebreaks and pagination.

Should I have installed Microsoft Office 2010 Filter Pack 64 bit with Ex 2013 SP1?

I have installed Exchange 2013 SP1 on a 2012R2 server, and all went well (I am at early stages of migration).
Following the pre-reqs listed here: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb691354%28v=exchg.150%29.aspx#WS2012
I installed Microsoft Unified Communications Managed API 4.0, Core Runtime 64-bit only.
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Microsoft Office 2010 Filter Pack 64 bit
Microsoft Office 2010 Filter Pack SP1 64 bit
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regards
Roga

Thanks for taking the time to post Ed
I did a bit more research and it appears that there is more than one view on this.
E.G. this blog
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the Exchange 2013 Setup program overlooked this fact and stated that the Office Filter Pack was a prerequisite. Setup would install if the Office Filter Pack was missing, but who’s going to ignore a warning issued by Setup. In any case, that warning seems
to have finally been suppressed."
This blog
Planning and migrating a small organization from Exchange 2007 to 2013 (Part 10) has:
"After choosing the relevant setting needed to begin installation, the Exchange 2013 setup program will now perform readiness checks. Assuming these complete successfully, we'll expect to see just one warning.
This warning relates to the lack of the Office 2010 Filter Packs, which are not required for installation, and are only required to create Transport Rules for OneNote or Publisher files"
And this one
Exchange Server 2013 FAQ: Is the Office Filter Pack Required?
"The Exchange 2013 pre-requisites page on
TechNet, at the time of this writing, does include the Office Filter Packs as a step in the preparation of a server for Exchange 2013. What it doesn’t make clear is that they are not required.
The new Exchange Search already has support for indexing/searching Office file types, as well as a series of other file types including some third party formats such as PDF. You can see a full list
here.
So should you install the Office Filter Pack? If you want to stop seeing that warning message, then yes. If you want to take the approach of only installing required software on your servers, then no. Consider also that installing it means potentially having
to update it later on if there is a bug fix or a security issue."
The final para above is the approach that I have now taken, but if someone can give me a good reason to install office 2010 filter packs on Ex 2013 sp1 I'll revise my view
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roga

Is it possible to Install the 64-bit Microsoft Access Database Engine 2010 if we are running Microsoft Office 2010 32-bit?

So we are running Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010, Version 14.0.7015.1000
(32-bit)
This is what is installed via our Network and Network licensing.
I am trying, in vain, to read and write a .xlsx file via a C# Edit Script in a SSIS Package. And I have tried using...
string StringConnection = "Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Data Source=" + sourceFile + ";Extended Properties=\"Excel 12.0;HDR=Yes;IMEX=1\"";
And this tells me that this has not been installed. So when I go and try and get the Microsoft Access Database Engine 2010 64-bit, which would allow me to use Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0 and allow me to read, write, and process this .xlsx file, it tells me
I cannot install it because I already have 32-bit installed and it wants me to un-install Microsoft Office 2010. Why? Because it is 32-bit? And I can't do that because this is what we have and what we're licensed for and from what I've read seems to be the
industry standard because most software vendors are ill equipped to process 64-bit right now.
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Please excuse me for asking this question in a couple of different ways out here but I cannot for the life of me seem to be able to get an answer as to how I can process a .xlsx file with a C# script and which driver to use that will make this work.
Thanks for your review and am hopeful for a reply.
ITBobbyP85

Hi ITBobby85,
If the excel version in the Connection Manager is Microsoft Excel 2010 (.xlsx), we should use Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB provider.
We can't install 32bit and 64bit parts of office on the same machine. We will get an error as you said when we run the installer to install the 64bit version of the Microsoft Access Database Engine 2010 Redistributable in the machine where a 32bit version
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http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=13255
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How to help my friend install Microsoft Office for Mac 2008

Hello, I have a friend in North Carolina whose mom recently got a MacBook Pro running OS X Mountian Lion (10.8), he will be coming on to join this discussion after I post it. He needs Microsoft Office for his mom and I just happened to have purchase 3 licenses (two of which I have already utilized). While talking to him over a Facetime call, I walked him through the steps of getting the free office for mac 2008 package from download.com (which seemed kind of sketchy). While the download actually looked legitimate, we ran the installer and it gave some kind of weird error message that said something like "Could not be installed onto Macintosh HD because the Mac OS X is not on that parition" (I'm paraphrasing my friend will contribute the actual message). Could someone please walk us through an easier (and preferably more secure) process? We just need to get to the point where I can give him my last license key. Thanks!
YraYra

You will have to check with Microsoft but I think what you are doing is illegal. The 3 license pack I think means 1 user 3 computers, not 2 users 3 computers.
You might have better luck posting on the Office for Mac forum. http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/mac?auth=1

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I am trying to install Microsoft Office:mac 2004 student and teacher edition.
I don't know how to achieve this.
I have tried the Office Setup Assistant but it says "You can't open the application "Office Setup Assistant" because PowerPC applications are no longer supported.
So, I assume I have to do the "Drag the Microsoft Office 2004 folder to your hard disk to install all Office components" option.
Being very new to iMac, my question is, "Where exactly do I drag it to? Which icon along the bottom or should it go somewhere else?
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Thanks

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If you have Office 2004 which is a PPC-only suite, it will not work in Lion/Mountain Lion. You need to upgrade to Office 2011 - Mactopia - or you can try the freeware suite, Libre Office, that is functionally similar to Office 2007 for Windows except it works on Lion/Mountain Lion.
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These two suites are similar to Libre Office but not as current or as well-supported:
NeoOffice
Open Office
And, then there is Apple's iWork suite:
Pages - word processing and layout
Keynote - presentation
Numbers - spreadsheet
Each can open and save Office compatible files. They may be purchased separately via the Mac App Store for $19.99 each.
As for other software, any PPC-based software will not run in Lion or Mountain Lion because Rosetta is no longer part of OS X. You will need to upgrade to Intel versions of the software.
(Access to the Mac App Store requires Snow Leopard 10.6.6 or higher and an Apple ID.)

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Before I install Microsoft Office 2004-Student and Teacher Edition (Mac), Do I need to Uninstall/Trash the TRIAL Versions of Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Entourage that came with the computer?
*I have not activated the Microsoft Office 2004 Test Drive (30 day trial) yet for Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Entourage, which
was already installed on my computer.
Do I need to activate the trial?
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Thanks In Advance!!
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Being at 10.4.6 for Tiger and with all updates installed for Office, there's nothing else to do there.
As far as which apps to use, that's up to you. I use Entourage simply because it came with Office. That's not to say it's a better program by default than OS X's Mail. But I've never used Mail, so can't comment on which has the upper hand.
You already have iChat, so MSN messenger isn't needed. But I just don't do any chatting online, so can't really tell you if one has features the other doesn't.
If you do a lot of work for or with companies and/or PC users in general, then Word is the way to go for word processing. 100% compatibility with the majority of users when sharing documents is a big plus in that catagory.
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Firefox Not Responding after Installing Microsoft Office 10

After installing Microsoft Office 10 (student and home edition) on my laptop, I noticed that Firefox is going into the state 'Not Responding' every time I access it - it takes about 10 secs to 'think' and then comes back online. It continues to do this every time I want to access a new page, new link, click on mail in Yahoo Mail, etc. Has anyone experienced this issue?

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[Sun Apr 23 21:04:21 2006] [error] [client
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>
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has met a similar problem or who has an insight into
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