Hi All,

We are trying to deploy Lync 2013 to Windows 7 workstations that currently have Office 2013 professional installed on.

Unfortunately we arent have much luck at the moment..

It seems to push Office 2013 tools out but not Lync itself..

The package was created using the Office customisation tool

the sccm command is set to setup.exe /adminfile updates \name.msp and also tried msiexec command line but no joy

Please can someone advise me how to achieve this Lync rollout?

Kind Regards, Enjoy the weekend!

James

Hi,

This is a common problem when installing Lync 2013 silently as part of the Office 2013 installation. What you need to do is to specify this in proplus.ww\config.xml and it should work:

<Configuration Product="ProPlus">

               <Display Level="none" CompletionNotice="no" SuppressModal="yes" AcceptEula="yes" />
               <OptionState Id="LyncCoreFiles" State="local" Children="force" />

Hi Daniel

Thanks for replying

Does Lync 2013 struggle to install then if Office 2013 pro is already on the workstation you are trying to deploy to?

Sorry if this sounds stupid, I don't usually have much to do with SCCM. Do you need to deploy Office 13 and Lync at the same time using the config.xml or can Lync be pushed out separately?

Thank you for your help

James

 

Are you using Office2013Professional (the Retail edition), or are you using Office2013ProfessionalPlus (the Volume Licensing edition)?

Or are you using Office365ProPlus (the Subscription edition of 2013, which comes in a Click-to-Run format)?

The steps may vary for you, depending upon the above.

Also, which Lync are you using for the install? (there are various ways to deploy Lync, depending upon what you have)

e.g. if you have previously deployed Office2013ProfessionalPlus, and at that time, you customised the installation such that Lync would not be enabled, and now, you wish to enable Lync, you would use the tip from Daniel, via something like this:

setup.exe /modify ProPlus /config AddLyncConfig.xml

[the AddLyncConfig.xml would be a file you create, containing the content like Daniel has suggested]

refer: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc178956.aspx

These steps are valid for Office2013ProfessionalPlus, but aren't valid for Office2013Professional nor for Office365ProPlus.

Ultimately, it depends whether your are "adding a new product" or  are "modifying an existing product".

ConfigMgr is merely automating your instructions, it doesn't "know" if what you are telling it is "valid".

Have you tried to install/enable Lync using manual steps first as a test?

Hi Don

Thanks for your help

I've just realised that it is the volume licensing version of OFFICE 2013 PROFESSIONAL PLUS WITH SP1

Sorry I never realised LYNC was part of this package, so like you say it must have been disabled on that MSP.

I was downloading the Lync 2013 with SP1 client from volume licensing website and trying to install that.  

Will try just modifying the Office install, hopefully should now be straight forward.

Thank you very much

James

 

My experience is that sometimes Lync doesn't get added to the installation, even though it has been selected in OCT, when running a silent install. It does however get added if you do it manually. Not really sure why this happens... You can always try it first, and if it doesn't work, use the modified XML :)