How to Deploy Microsoft Project 2013 using SCCM
This post shows the steps to deploy Microsoft Project 2013 using SCCM. Microsoft Project 2013 application helps you plan and manage complex projects efficiently.
Project is released in two versions – Project online professional and project 2013. Project online professional offers more advantages over Project 2013. You can view the comparison table here.
In my previous posts we have seen deploying office 2010, 2013, Lync 2010, 2013 using SCCM. In this post we will look at the steps to deploy Microsoft Project 2013 using SCCM.
Most of all the deployment method shown in this post should work for both professional and standard editions of Project 2013. While I have got 32 bit copy of project professional 2013, you could use 64 bit copy with similar deployment steps.
In addition to the above point, Project Professional edition provides more features than Project Standard edition. If you are looking to understand about the licensing part, here is the link for that.
How to Deploy Microsoft Project 2013 using SCCM
To deploy Microsoft Project 2013 using SCCM perform the following steps.
- Launch the configuration manager console.
- Navigate to Software Library > Overview > Application Management > Applications.
- Create a new application and select Manually specify the application information.
General Information – Provide the application name and some more details. Click Next.
Specify the configuration manager application catalog entry info. Click Next.
On the next screen Click on Add button to add new deployment type. Select Manually specify the deployment type information and click Next.
Content location – Specify path where the content is stored. Specify install and uninstall commands and click Next :-
Installation program – “setup” /config prjpro.ww\config.xml
Uninstall program – msiexec /q /x {90150000-002A-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}
So basically my config.xml looks like this. This configuration file is stored in the prjpro.ww folder insider the project setup files.
<Configuration Product="PrjPro"> <Display Level="none" CompletionNotice="no" SuppressModal="yes" AcceptEula="yes" /> <Logging Type="standard" Path="%temp%" Template="Microsoft Office Project Professional Setup(*).txt" /> <USERNAME Value="sccmadmin" /> <COMPANYNAME Value="tecdeploy" /> <!-- <INSTALLLOCATION Value="%programfiles%\Microsoft Office" /> --> <!-- <LIS CACHEACTION="CacheOnly" /> --> <!-- <LIS SOURCELIST="\\server1\share\Office;\\server2\share\Office" /> --> <!-- <DistributionPoint Location="\\server\share\Office" /> --> <!-- <OptionState Id="OptionID" State="absent" Children="force" /> --> <Setting Id="SETUP_REBOOT" Value="Never" /> <!-- <Command Path="%windir%\system32\msiexec.exe" Args="/i \\server\share\my.msi" QuietArg="/q" ChainPosition="after" Execute="install" /> --> </Configuration>
In the next step define the detection rule. Click Add Clause and enter the information in order.
Setting Type – Windows Installer
Product Code – {90150000-002A-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}
Select this MSI product code must exist on target system and following condition must be met to detect the presence of application.
MSI Property – Version
Operator – Greater than or equal to
Value – 15.0.4569.1506
Click OK and click Next.
Specify the user experience settings for this application. Setting the program visibility to Hidden. Click Next.
Complete the remaining steps in wizard and finally on the completion page click Close.
Test the Project 2013 Deployment
First of all distribute the content to all the distribution points in your setup.
On the client machine, I could see the application in the software center. Click on application and click Install. Furthermore open the AppEnforce.log file to see the installation progress. We see that MS project 2013 has been installed successfully.
Testing the application uninstall and it worked well.
What am i missing here. If the config.xml file is inside the setup.exe file, how am I supposed to get the modified one in there?
Please , How do I uninstall Project 2007 and Visio 2007 using SCCM 1706.
What is the Detection method for both. The information i have so far gathered online is either not working or confusing.
Kindly assist.
Having issues with this. Done like you explained it here
Getting error 0x87D01106 (-2016407290). Failed to verify the executable file is valid or to construct the associated command line.
Anyone got any idea what could be the problem?
Thank you.
Examine execmgr.log/appenforce.log. It might be possible that ConfigMgr retries it automatically. Else delete the app, reconfigure it and then deploy.
Appenforce.log show this
I tried to delete the app but nothing changed
AppEnfroce.log output
https://gist.github.com/anonymous/85ea2504bf46eac196d582b2c581ce32
I did try to delete the app and do everything again but had no success