The Microsoft Unified Communications Client Deployment Script
The Microsoft UC Client Deployment script is a Windows Script File (VBScript wrapped in a .wsf) that can be used to deploy the Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 (including R2), Office Live Meeting 2007, and the Office Live Meeting Outlook Conferencing Add-In clients.
Note: Microsoft Office Communicator and Microsoft Office Live Meeting are registered trademarks of the Microsoft Corporation.
Feature Highlights
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Install, or upgrade, Microsoft Office Communicator,
Office Live Meeting, or the Office Live Meeting Outlook Conferencing Add-In
on Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows 2008, Windows Vista, and Windows 7
clients.
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Automatically populate the user SIP address to one of three formats: the
users email address
in AD, the
%username% environment variable, or nothing.
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Supports a Silent or Informational Mode. The
MSI installation is always silent, but a 'script-silent' mode can be used to run under a GPO.
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Supports an option to copy the installation files locally (with or without a progress UI indicator), and install from the local source.
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Microsoft Office Communicator 2005 can be detected and explicitly uninstalled before installing a newer version of Communicator (including any existing desktop shortcuts).
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Configures user settings for Communicator and Live Meeting (via local registry entries).
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Supports an option not to install the Live Meeting Outlook Conferencing Add-In (for deployments that do not have Live Meeting).
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Detects if Outlook is installed, and will not attempt to install the Live Meeting Outlook Conferencing Add-In if Outlook is not installed.
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Detects what version of Outlook is installed, and sets the current user Outlook integration settings accordingly.
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Detects if Outlook is running, and prompts the user to close before installing the Live Meeting Outlook Conferencing Add-In.
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Generates four log files for troubleshooting. One for the main script, and three separate
log files files for Communicator, Live Meeting, and the Live Meeting Add-In installations. See
Troubleshooting
in the help file for more information.
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See
Script Customizations
in the help file for all the possible customizations.
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