App Volumes: MS Office
Working with various customers I’ve discovered challenges when it comes to placing MS Office into AppStacks. VMware has a few models out there that are supported and DO work. A few things to keep in mind when dealing with Office:
- Office 2010, and 2013 are only supported.
- Office core bits can be presented once, to the endpoint.
1) AppStack = Office core bits installed
2) AppStack = Office + Project, Office icons hidden
(Optional: Hide core office icons from start menu)
3) AppStack = Office + Visio, Office icons hidden
(Optional: Hide core office icons from start menu)
4) AppStack = Office + Project + Visio
(Optional: Hide core office icons from start menu)
5) AppStack = Office + Project + Visio
6) Base Gold Image installed w/ Office core bits, and one of 3 AppStacks that contain:
A) Visio
B) Project
C) Visio + Project
Note: If you hide/delete core office Icons from start menu, such as Word, Excel, etc. thus presenting only Project and/or Visio, don’t simply delete the ‘Office Tools’ folder, you can clean-up some of the icons in that folder, but if you delete it nothing will show in the start menu.
