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Copy the Admin folder from the extracted OCT location to the installation directory of your Office deployment folder.

Copy the contents of your Office 2007/2010/2013 installation media to the deployment location.

Execute the downloaded OCT for your version to extract it to a convenient location.

To be able to use the OCT you must do the following

By using the Office Customization Tool (OCT) you can prepare your deployment and specify default settings for your users including Outlook mail profile settings.ĭownload: Office 2007 Office Customization Tool (OCT)ĭownload: Office 2010 Office Customization Tool (OCT)ĭownload: Office 2013 Office Customization Tool (OCT) Installing and running the OCT Deploy a prf-file via a (Group Policy) logon scriptĭeploy Office with a customization file (msp-file)ĭirectly deploying Outlook mail profile settings when deploying Office is the best way to go.Deploy a msp-file if Office is already installed.Deploy Office with a customization file (msp-file).The Office installation offers various options for this.

Outlook then figures out the technical configuration itself and has the user quickly up and running.Īs this still requires end-user interaction, which could lead to confusion or errors, you can take this a step further by deploying Outlook mail profile settings.

Being a good administrator, you obviously want to create this experience for your users as well.ĪutoDiscover in Exchange 2007 and later together with Auto Account Setup (or AutoConfigure) in Outlook 2007 and later alleviates some of this pain already by presenting the user with dialogs for which they only have to click Next and Finish or prompt them to supply commonly known information such as their email address and password. When an end-user starts Outlook for the first time in a managed environment, he or she usually expects that Outlook is fully configured already and simply opens to the Inbox.