I'd like to deploy Office 365, but exclude everything except Lync 2013 (Skype for business).

We have the E4 Gov option for the 365 - 2013 license so we're covered to have Lync/Skype for Business.

I've watched MS's demo, read 10-15 technet pages and have built installs for the last 15 years, but I'm short on time and not having luck with deploying this today.

First choice if possible is to deploy a command via batch file using our Kace deployment tool. Kace has some similarities to BigFix. We can deploy software so the package is copied to the client or call it from elsewhere. We'd like to deploy to our clients using the XML so it calls the install from MS's download site for 365 (or whatever the correct download\install for 365 locations is).

I've used the XML below to test installing the entire Office suite, but get an error "Couldn't install..." It happens on any machine. My Win 7-64bit machines have office 2010 pro installed currently. I had previously tried by first downloading the cab and dat files, but that failed with the same error (when adding the path to my network share).

This XML file is meant to install Office 365 on a machine by pulling from MS's site.

I called this xml using: setup /configure configuration.xml

<Configuration>
<Add OfficeClientEdition="32"> 
      <Product ID="O365ProPlusRetail">
        <Language ID="en-us" />
      </Product>
</Add>
<Updates Enabled="TRUE"/> 
  <Display Level="None" AcceptEULA="TRUE" />  
  <Logging Level="Standard" Path="%temp%" /> 
</Configuration>

Any suggestions or help are greatly appreciated.

Cheers

• Edited by murbot 12 hours 47 minutes ago typo

Why dont try with this only for Lync/Skype for Business Client?

To Download :::

<Configuration>
   <Add SourcePath="C:\Skype for Business\x64" OfficeClientEdition="64" >
       <Product ID="Lync">
         <Language ID="en-us" />
       </Product>
   </Add>
</Configuration>

To Install :::

<Configuration>
   <Add SourcePath="C:\Skype for Business\x64" OfficeClientEdition="64" >
       <Product ID="LyncRetail">
       <Language ID="en-us" />
       </Product>
   </Add>

<Updates Enabled="TRUE"/> 
  <Display Level="None" AcceptEULA="TRUE" />  
  <Logging Level="Standard" Path="%temp%" /> 
< /Configuration>

I guess you are using ODT (Office Deployment Tool ), but here are all methods to acomplish this:

Determine the deployment method to use for Office 365 ProPlus ( https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg998766.aspx )

This is the reference in order to apply this method: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj219426(v=office.15).aspx

Hope it help you out.

Regards.