Download Microsoft office 365 tool from the Microsoft website (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=49117) and store in the network share. Network share is recommended only if you want to deploy the software to computers within the network. If you wanted to deploy Microsoft Office to computers located in a remote location, you can use HTTP upload.

Note: The network share should have read permissions to Everyone group and should be accessible from all the computers to which you are trying to install.

Extract the contents of the EXE

1. To extract the downloaded package, navigate to the command prompt and run this command - <File Path>\officedeploymenttool_6612-6352.exe /extract:<File Path>\Destination Folder /quiet

   Note: Ensure that you enter the correct file name in the command prompt before extracting the package. You can know the file name by viewing the details, before downloading the package from the website.

Customize the Installation

1. Open the Configuration.xml file from the extracted folder and the edit the file as given below, 
    
   Note: If you are copying the contents from CD, edit the config.xml file available at \\Networkshare\Office16\ProPlus.WW\Config.xml
    
   <Configuration> 
   <Add OfficeClientEdition="32">
   <Product ID="O365ProPlusRetail" PIDKEY="XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX">
   <Language ID="en-US" /> 
   <ExcludeApp ID="Access" /> 
   </Product> 
   </Add> 
   <Updates Enabled="True" /> 
   <Display Level="None" AcceptEULA="True" /> 
   <Property Name="AutoActivate" Value="1" /> 
   <Property Name="ForceAppShutdown" Value="True" /> 
   </Configuration>  

   Note:

   1. For the Product ID enter "O365ProPlusRetail"
   2. For other Product IDs that are supported by the Office Deployment Tool, refer the article here.
   3. Office Client edition depends on your OS architecture(32 or 64-bit)
   4. Setting AutoActivate value as 1 will allow user to access the application directly without specifying the login credentials
   5. Setting ForceAppShutdown value as "True" will close all the microsoft office applications forcibly, before shutting down the computers. This may cause any data loss when microsoft office applications are running in the background.
2. Save the file, after making the customization changes.

Download the Complete Package

• To download the complete package by using the customized xml, navigate to the command prompt and run this command - <File Path>\setup.exe /download <File Path>/config.xml

After downloading the package, you can deploy it.

Adding the software package in Endpoint Central

1. Click the Software Deployment tab
2. Click Add Package
3. Select the MSIEXEC/EXE/ISS/Command package type
4. Specify a name for the application
5. Choose Network Path/Http Path based on your requirement. If the deployment method chosen is Http Path, Zip all the files in the Office setup folder and Locate/Add the zip file in the Package.

1. Specify the Installation Command with Switches/Arguments.For Sharepath deployment method, the installation command should be as follows, "<Share Path>\setup.exe" /configure "<Share Path>\configuration.xml". For example, "\\computer_name\DCSWRepository\Office365Extracted\setup.exe" /configure "\\computer_name\DCSWRepository\Office365Extracted\configuration.xml"

   Note: When you are copying the packages from a CD specify the silent switch as - <Share Path>\setup.exe /config <Share Path>\config.xml

   For Http deployment method, the installation command should be setup.exe /configure configuration.xml

   
2. Click Add Package

Deploy to target computers

1. Select the package that you added
2. Click Install/Uninstall Software
3. Enter a name and description for the configuration
4. Define the package settings
5. Configure the deployment settings
6. Choose the target computers
7. Specify the schedule options, if required
8. Click Deploy

To troubleshoot Microsoft office deployment errors click here.