RE: Deploy MS Outlook Profiles using CIW

  • From: "G Sibanda" <eion@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "[ExchangeList]" <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 18:18:43 +0200

Thanks Jason.

Through your pointers it worked first attempt. I hsve
deployed on three testbed workstations and it is doing what
I want it to do. I enjoy when things dance according to my
tunes.

warmest regards,

Sibanda


On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 09:42:54 -0400
 "Jason Lehrhoff" <JLehrhoff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> http://www.MSExchange.org/
> 
> You can set the mail server to use in the custom install
> wizard. Just
> put the %username% variable in, and Outlook will open to
> the logged on
> users' profile when they first open it.
> The way I deploy it in the GP scenario is creating the
> above MST file,
> and putting the setup files on a server share. You then
> create an Office
> installation instance in the Computer Configuration
> settings (
> GPO>Computer Config>Software Settings> Software
> Installation>New Package
> If you choose it as "Assigned", it will automatically get
> installed (I
> apply this GPO to computer names in the organization)
> On the modifications tab, point to the MST file the CIW
> created. Try
> this on a test machine first (remember, you can type
> 'gpupdate /force'
> at the command line of the test GPO client to
> automatically update the
> GPO applied to it. 
> Let me know if this helps
> 
> 
> -Jason
> -----Original Message-----
> From: G Sibanda [mailto:eion@xxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 3:03 AM
> To: [ExchangeList]
> Subject: [exchangelist] Deploy MS Outlook Profiles using
> CIW
> 
> http://www.MSExchange.org/
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> Tips and tricks on how to deploy MS Outlook profiles via
> GPO, so that at first logon the user open outlook 2003
> and
> automatically pick the profile without a having desktop
> support engineer floating about creating outlook profiles
> in a traditional fashion?
> 
> Any help is appreciated
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Sibanda
> 
> 
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