- #Install office 2016 volume license on remote desktop server how to
- #Install office 2016 volume license on remote desktop server install
- #Install office 2016 volume license on remote desktop server software
Now go back to your PowerShell screen and type in the following syntax to take your RDP server out of installation mode: change user /execute It will indicate that the task is complete when you see the following screen: The Office 365 installation will be displayed to indicate the installation progress like so: To do so, in your PowerShell window type in the following command.
#Install office 2016 volume license on remote desktop server install
We're now ready to install O365 ProPlus onto our RDP server. If you check the properties, you'll see it's roughly 2GB in size. To check what has been downloaded, you can see a newly created folder called Office within your ODT folder. Once the download is complete, your PowerShell prompt will be ready to accept a new command. It will take a while to download the installation packages, so please be patient.
#Install office 2016 volume license on remote desktop server software
Now you can run the initial download of the O365 ProPlus software by executing the following command. Now navigate to your C:\ODT folder within your PowerShell window like the following example: Once again, ensure your RDP server is in install mode by opening an Admin PowerShell instance and typing in: change user /install Save your newly created configuration.xml file and once done, you'll be ready to to install Office 365 on your RDP server. Now we're going to create a new XML file called configuration.xml in the C:\ODT folder and paste the following code within it:
Leaving just the setup.exe file in the folder. So in my example, I'm going to delete the following files: You need to delete all the included XML files and we'll create our own custom one to suit our installation scenario. Now navigate to your C:\ODT folder and you'll notice you'll have 4 files in the folder like as shown below: The files will be extracted to the ODT folder and you'll receive a confirmation dialogue box like the following example: Navigate to your Downloads folder and double click the file. In my case it was called officedeploymenttool_12325-20288.exe, but yours may be different. We can now run the Office Deployment Tool we downloaded to our Downloads folder earlier in this tutorial. This will place your RDS server into install mode and if you're not sure what that means, there is an article I wrote ages ago that explains it in detail here. Now open up an Admin PowerShell instance and type in: change user /install Save the ODT file to your downloads folder and then create a folder on your C:\ drive called ODT. O365 licenses like Business Premium etc, do not come with ProPlus and therefore are restricted to desktop operating systems like Windows 8, 8.1 and 10 etc.įirstly, let's get setup by downloading the Office Deployment Tool here. As far as I'm aware at this point in time, you can only install the Office 365 ProPlus version on an RDP server.
#Install office 2016 volume license on remote desktop server how to
Just a quick post today to show you how to install O365 on your Windows 2019 RDP server.