Updated: July 14, 2020 (January 15, 2007)
Analyst ReportOffice Suite Improves Deployment, Maintenance
The Office installation utility, Setup, has undergone major changes that will streamline Office 2007 deployment and maintenance. Automated deployment of Office 2007 should prove more reliable than in prior versions, particularly in organizations deploying multiple language editions. However, administrators will have to learn new customization and deployment procedures, and the product exposes some weaknesses in Windows software deployment technologies.
Setup Central to Deployment and Maintenance
Office Setup is central to the process of deploying Office to desktops and keeping it up to date. Automated deployment of Office can be broken into three sets of tasks:
Customization. Administrators decide which Office applications and features they will install for specific user groups. They then identify templates and other organization-specific resources for Office users. Finally, they create installation points, custom installations of Office with the applications, features, and resources needed by specific user groups.
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