Office 2013: Deployment and Migration Resources
Now that Office 2013 is generally available, it is time for many organizations who are currently using a virtualized instance of Office to start considering a move to Office 2013. As you may have read in the following Microsoft KB article https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2772509 (Supported scenarios for deploying Microsoft Office as a sequenced App-V Package) Office 365 ProPlus will be leveraging the Office Deployment Tool for Click-to-Run so administrators will be importing the Office ProPlus (Click-To-Run) .APPV package right into App-V 5.0. No sequencing is required because App-V 5.0 provides integration with local applications natively through native Virtual Application Extensions.
UPDATE: As of App-V 5 SP2 - This is extended to Volume License ProPlus as well.
I have compiled the following resources into one simple location so you can proceed to read up on getting to migrate and deploy the new version of Office in the Enterprise whether you decide to install it locally or virtual through Click-to-Run. I've been using the new Office for a year now and I love it!
UPDATE: This page has been updated as new resources come available. I'm now almost two years into it and I still love it!
Description of Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1 (SP1)
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2817430
Service Pack 1 for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB2817430) 32-Bit Edition
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=42017
Service Pack 1 for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB2817430) 64-Bit Edition
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=42006
App-V 5.0 SP2 Support for Office 2013 Volume Licensing Editions
https://blogs.technet.com/b/office_resource_kit/archive/2013/12/02/announcing-app-v-5-0-sp2-support-for-office-2013-volume-licensing-editions.aspx
What’s New in Office Professional Plus 2013?
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36191
What's New in Lync 2013?
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36181
What's New in Excel 2013?
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36185
What's New in PowerPoint 2013?
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36193
What’s New in Access 2013?
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36189
What's New in Outlook 2013?
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36187
Office 2013 Technical Library in Compiled Help
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30389
Changes in Office 2013
https://technet.microsoft.com/library/cc178954(v=office.15)
Setup properties in Office 2013
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc179018.aspx
Configuring a Silent Install of Office 2013
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/dd630736.aspx
Office 2013 Administrative Template files (ADMX/ADML) and Office Customization Tool
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35554
Office Customization Tool (OCT) in Office 2013
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc179097(office.15).aspx
Planning for Group Policy in Office 2013
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc179077.aspx
Integrating additional cloud storage services in Office 2013
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35474
Downloadable eBook: Deployment guide for Office 2013
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30388
Telemetry in Office 2013: A new way to Assess Office Compatibility
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34991
Microsoft Office 2013 Discovery and Risk Assessment Preview
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30444
Office Migration Planning Manager (OMPM): Office Compatibility
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=11454
Configure user settings for Office 2013
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc178990.aspx
Microsoft Office 2013 Volume License Pack
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35584
Deployment Options for Office 2013
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee624360.aspx#Virtualization
Download: Office Customization Tool for Click-to-Run
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36778
Customizing Office 2013 using the Office Click-to-Run Deployment Tool
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj219424(v=office.15)
Customization Overview for Click-to-Run
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj219428(v=office.15)
Identity and Authentication in the cloud: Office 2013 and Office 365 (Poster)
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=38193
Supported scenarios for deploying Microsoft Office as a sequenced App-V Package
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2772509
Microsoft Office Support in Microsoft User Experience Virtualization (UE-V)
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2841206
Office 365
Managing Updates for Office 365 ProPlus – Part 1
https://blogs.technet.com/b/office_resource_kit/archive/2014/01/21/managing-updates-for-office-365-proplus-part-1.aspx
Managing Updates for Office 365 ProPlus – Part 2
https://blogs.technet.com/b/office_resource_kit/archive/2014/01/28/managing-updates-for-office-365-proplus-part-2.aspx
Test Lab Guide: Configuring and Office 365 Subscription
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=41548
FastTrack Office 365 Deployment Guide
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=41678
SkyDrive Pro for Windows Download
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=39050
Office Scrub - Cleaning Up Older Versions of Office and Remnants
https://blogs.technet.com/b/odsupport/archive/2011/04/08/how-to-obtain-and-use-offscrub-to-automate-the-uninstallation-of-office-products.aspx
Comments
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
Suggest what? A way to deploy Office 2013 silently?Anonymous
January 01, 2003
Thanks for putting up this together Steve.Anonymous
July 17, 2013
Hello, I have got 45 clients on which I want to install Office 2013 Using GPO is that possible? I was referring the Technet which says that it is not possible. ================= Important: You can't use the following in Group Policy to deploy Office 2013: •Group Policy Software Installation •The "Always install with elevated privileges" Group Policy setting for Windows Installer This is because the setup architecture for Office 2013 uses multiple .msi files and the Office Setup program is an executable (.exe) file. ================= Ref:technet.microsoft.com/.../ff602181.aspx Please Suggest. Thanks,Anonymous
June 30, 2015
~ John Behneman | Senior Support Escalation Engineer Hello everyone, John Behneman here again. I’d like