Microsoft Office 365 Proplus Вђ“ Online Installer... -
: Set to Full so you can see the installation progress; change to None for a silent background install.
: The script above is set to OfficeClientEdition="64" . You can change this to 32 if needed. Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus – Online Installer...
: It utilizes the Office Deployment Tool (ODT) , which is the official Microsoft method for automated installations. : Set to Full so you can see
: It targets O365ProPlusRetail . If you have a different license (like Business or Home), this ID must be changed in the XML section. : It utilizes the Office Deployment Tool (ODT)
The script typically begins with header metadata and then proceeds to define the installation variables. Below is the standard full text used in many deployment scenarios:
' Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus – Online Installer ' Version: 1.0 (Standard Deployment Script) ' Description: Downloads and installs Office 365 ProPlus using the Office Deployment Tool (ODT). On Error Resume Next Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") ' Define temporary folder for ODT strTempFolder = objShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%TEMP%") & "\Office365Installer" If Not objFSO.FolderExists(strTempFolder) Then objFSO.CreateFolder(strTempFolder) End If ' Download URL for Office Deployment Tool strODTUrl = "https://microsoft.com" strODTPath = strTempFolder & "\odt.exe" ' Download ODT using BitsAdmin or PowerShell objShell.Run "powershell -Command ""Invoke-WebRequest -Uri '" & strODTUrl & "' -OutFile '" & strODTPath & "'""", 0, True ' Extract ODT objShell.Run strODTPath & " /extract:""" & strTempFolder & """ /quiet", 0, True ' Create Configuration XML strXMLContent = " " & vbCrLf & _ " " & vbCrLf & _ " " & vbCrLf & _ " " & vbCrLf & _ " " & vbCrLf & _ " " & vbCrLf & _ " " & vbCrLf & _ " " Set objXMLFile = objFSO.CreateTextFile(strTempFolder & "\configuration.xml", True) objXMLFile.Write strXMLContent objXMLFile.Close ' Execute Setup objShell.Run strTempFolder & "\setup.exe /configure " & strTempFolder & "\configuration.xml", 1, True ' Cleanup ' objFSO.DeleteFolder(strTempFolder) WScript.Quit Use code with caution. Copied to clipboard Key Components of this Script:
The full text for the script is a popular Visual Basic Script (.vbs) used to download and install Office 365 directly from Microsoft's Content Delivery Network (CDN).