Installing Office 365 ProPlus on an RDS or Terminal Server

This is a quick post on how to install Office 365 ProPlus on an RDS or Terminal Server correctly.  This has to be done using something called Shared Computer Activation.

First you have to download the Office Deployment Tool from here.

You then need to create a shared folder on your server that you have full permissions to access.  I just created a C:\Temp folder and shared it.

You now have to create a file called configuration.xml.  Copy the script below and paste it into the file.  Change the part that says Add SourcePath= \\YOURSERVER\Share\ to the empty share path that you just created.  The installer will download files to this location for the install.  Also change the UpdatePath=\\Server\Share to the empty share directory you created.

<Configuration>

<Add SourcePath="\\YOURSERVER\Share\" OfficeClientEdition="32" >

<Product ID="O365ProPlusRetail">

<Language ID="en-us" />

</Product>

</Add>

<!-- <Updates Enabled="TRUE" UpdatePath="\\Server\Share\" /> -->

<Display Level="None" AcceptEULA="TRUE" />

<Property Name="SharedComputerLicensing" Value="1" />

<!-- <Logging Path="%temp%" /> -->

<!-- <Property Name="AUTOACTIVATE" Value="1" /> -->

</Configuration>

Next run this command from an elevated command prompt to download and extract the files:

.\setup.exe /download configuration.xml

Then run this command to run the installer:

.\setup.exe /configure configuration.xml