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Installing Lync2013

Im trying to deploy the Microsoft Lync 2013 client silently, and for the life of me cant get it to work...  I have tried setting it up under Distribution > Managed Installation,wraped it in a zip, played with the config.xml, tried a .MSP file.  Neither of those worked. 

 

So my thinking was to just do a script that runs the exe from a \\server\share\etc... with the config changed(also didnt work) and tried the /adminfile whatever.msp (nope)

 

Anyone know what im missing?


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Posted by: Badger 10 years ago
Red Belt
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I have done this just the way I have done all the office 2007 and 2010 installs...

Create an MSP & a copy of the config.xml next to the setup.exe
Then a batch file to run this:
"%~dp0setup.exe" /adminfile "%~dp0Yourfile.msp" /config "%~dp0Lyncinstall.xml"

 

I dont put the MSP in the updates folder, I keep it separate and tell the setup.exe where it is.

 

Posted by: WhitzEnd 11 years ago
7th Degree Black Belt
0

I would make sure that you are using the options shown here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj204651.aspx

Also make sure that your config.xml file is in the root of the folder structure where the setup.exe file is. 

Posted by: otisruxpin 11 years ago
Senior White Belt
0

I am trying to do the exact same thing and have taken your approach as well. I have had success running a script to a Windows 7 machine. Unfortunatly for me most of my clients are Windows 7 enterprise and have not been able to get the same script to work on them. I did what WhitzEnd stated as well as I created a folder named logfiles and droped that in the x64 folder. I used the online shell script and be sure you save it as a .bat instead of the default .sh. Let me know if this works for you and if it does please let me know if you had to modify it. Here is a copy of the script I used:

 

 

 

setlocal

 

 

 

REM *********************************************************************

 

REM Environment customization begins here. Modify variables below.

 

REM *********************************************************************

 

 

 

REM Get ProductName from the Office product's core Setup.xml file, and then add "office14." as a prefix.

 

set ProductName=Lync

 

 

 

REM Set DeployServer to a network-accessible location containing the Office source files.

 

set DeployServer=\\server\shared\MicrosoftLync\Lync2013\x64

 

 

 

REM Set ConfigFile to the configuration file to be used for deployment (required)

 

set ConfigFile=\\server\shared\MicrosoftLync\Lync2013\x64\lync.WW\config.xml

 

 

 

REM Set LogLocation to a central directory to collect log files.

 

set LogLocation=\\server\shared\Software\MicrosoftLync\Lync2013\x64\LogFiles

 

 

 

REM *********************************************************************

 

REM Deployment code begins here. Do not modify anything below this line.

 

REM *********************************************************************

 

 

 

IF NOT "%ProgramFiles(x86)%"=="" (goto ARP64) else (goto ARP86)

 

 

 

REM Operating system is X64. Check for 32 bit Office in emulated Wow6432 uninstall key

 

:ARP64

 

reg query HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432NODE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\%ProductName%

 

if NOT %errorlevel%==1 (goto End)

 

 

 

REM Check for 32 and 64 bit versions of Office 2010 in regular uninstall key.(Office 64bit would also appear here on a

 

 

 

64bit OS)

 

:ARP86

 

reg query HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\%ProductName%

 

if %errorlevel%==1 (goto DeployOffice) else (goto End)

 

 

 

REM If 1 returned, the product was not found. Run setup here.

 

:DeployOffice

 

start /wait %DeployServer%\setup.exe /config %ConfigFile%

 

echo %date% %time% Setup ended with error code %errorlevel%. >> %LogLocation%\%computername%.txt

 

 

 

REM If 0 or other was returned, the product was found or another error occurred. Do nothing.

 

:End

 

 

 

Endlocal

 


Comments:
  • If Exist %systemroot%\%computername%.txt goto END

    If Exist "C:\Program Files (x86)\" goto X64

    Set ARCHITECTURE=x86

    REM Creating Lync and office suite Client folder on %USERPROFILE%

    IF NOT EXIST "%USERPROFILE%\Lync_Client\X86" MKDIR "%USERPROFILE%\Lync_Client\X86"

    REM Copying Lync software to Lync Software folder on %USERPROFILE%

    pushd "\\it\installationer\apps\CLIENT_APPS\Lync2010\x86"

    XCOPY "*.exe" "%USERPROFILE%\Lync_Client\X86" /I /Y /Q

    "%UserProfile%\Lync_Client\%ARCHITECTURE%\LyncSetup.exe" /install /silent

    Echo "Lync Successfully installed" on %COMPUTERNAME% > %systemroot%\%Computername%.txt

    Echo "Lync Successfully installed" on %COMPUTERNAME% >\\it\installationer\apps\CLIENT_APPS\Lync2010\x86\%computername%.txt

    :X64

    If NOT EXIST "C:\Program Files (x86)\" goto END

    Set ARCHITECTURE=x64

    REM Creating Lync Client folder on %USERPROFILE%

    IF NOT EXIST "%USERPROFILE%\Lync_Client\X64" MKDIR "%USERPROFILE%\Lync_Client\X64"

    REM Copying Lync software to Lync Software folder on %USERPROFILE%

    pushd "\\it\installationer\apps\CLIENT_APPS\Lync2010\x64"

    XCOPY "*.exe" "%USERPROFILE%\Lync_Client\X64" /I /Y /Q

    "%UserProfile%\Lync_Client\%ARCHITECTURE%\LyncSetup.exe" /install /silent

    Echo "Lync Successfully installed" on %COMPUTERNAME% > %systemroot%\%Computername%.txt

    Echo "Lync Successfully installed" on %COMPUTERNAME% >\\it\installationer\apps\CLIENT_APPS\Lync2010\x64\%Computername%.txt

    :END

    EXIT - mp76 11 years ago
Posted by: akilpatrick 11 years ago
Brown Belt
0

I'm looking to do this as well... I would like to deploy to multi-architecture.

 
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