04 | Planning and Managing Clients Anthony Steven | Principal Technologist, Content Master Martin Coetzer | Portfolio Architect, Microsoft

Module Overview Office Telemetry and Reporting

Plan for Office Clients Best Practices for Office 365 Clients

Introduction to Office 365 Clients 20346A Introduction to Office 365 Clients 4: Planning and Managing Clients Office 365 ProPlus SharePoint Designer, Visio, Project Office On Demand Office Online  

Planning for Office 365 Clients 4: Planning and Managing Clients Office Isolation Office Customization Support Planning for Outlook Planning for Lync  

20346A Office 365 ProPlus 4: Planning and Managing Clients Office 365 ProPlus vs. Office 2013 Professional Plus Office 365 ProPlus System requirements Internet requirements  

Office On Demand Office On Demand overview Using Office On Demand 4: Planning and Managing Clients Office On Demand overview Using Office On Demand System requirements  

Office Online Office Online overview Using Office Online 20346A Office Online 4: Planning and Managing Clients Office Online overview Using Office Online Office Online vs. Office 365 ProPlus/Office 2013 Professional Plus Office Web App save locations System requirements  

Demo: Office on Demand and Office Online

Office 365 ProPlus Licensing and Activation 4: Planning and Managing Clients User requirements Licensing and activation process Reduced functionality mode  

Office 365 Deployment Overview 20346A Office 365 Deployment Overview 4: Planning and Managing Clients Deployment and Bandwidth Planning Removing previous versions User Communications and Guidance Deployment Methods Benefits of C2R C2R technology Limitations of C2R The slide shows the click to run installation process.

Best Practices for Office 365 Clients 4: Planning and Managing Clients Planning Consulting Strategy for installation/uninstallation of Office End-user training and user communication Training for help desk/desktop support staff  

Manage User-driven Client Deployments Best Practices for User-driven Deployments

Introduction to User-driven Deployment 20346A Introduction to User-driven Deployment 4: Planning and Managing Clients User-driven deployments: Office is always streamed from the Internet Users must have an Office 365 account and be provisioned for ProPlus Users must have administrative rights to the local computer Office 365 ProPlus installs updates from Office 365 automatically in the background from the Internet  

Managing User-driven Deployments 4: Planning and Managing Clients User software page: Office and Lync SharePoint Designer Controlling specific application: AppLocker policies Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) 5.0  

Considerations for User-driven Deployments 4: Planning and Managing Clients Obstacles to success Office for Mac Mobile devices  

Best Practices for User-driven Deployments 4: Planning and Managing Clients Setting up a communication package to inform users of new version of Office and how to use it Planning, planning, planning Specifying the platforms and devices that will be supported Deploying the plan - who the plan will be rolled out to, when, and so on Creating a proper training plan for Office  

Manage IT Deployments of Office 365 ProPlus Best Practices for Managed Deployments

Introduction to Managed Deployments 4: Planning and Managing Clients Software downloaded to local network, then distributed through any of the following tools: System Center Configuration Manager Windows Intune Third party software distribution Group Policy login scripts Scripted installation Office Deployment Tool: Configuration.xml Group Policy (Office Customization tool (OCT) not used)  

Office Deployment Tool 20346A Office Deployment Tool 4: Planning and Managing Clients <Configuration> <Add SourcePath="\\Server\Share\Office\" OfficeClientEdition="32" > <Product ID="O365ProPlusRetail"> <Language ID="en-us" /> </Product> <Product ID="VisioProRetail"> </Add> <Updates Enabled="TRUE" UpdatePath="\\Server\Share\Office\" /> <Display Level="None" AcceptEULA="TRUE" /> Logging Name="OfficeSetup.txt" Path="%temp%" /> <Property Name="AUTOACTIVATE" Value="1" /> </Configuration> The slide shows an example ODT configuration file.

Using Group Policy to Configure Deployments 20346A Using Group Policy to Configure Deployments 4: Planning and Managing Clients Group Policy: General Office settings Application-specific settings User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Microsoft Office 2013  

Managing Updates Optimized software update model: Smaller updates 4: Planning and Managing Clients Optimized software update model: Smaller updates Background updates Update options Automatic from cloud Automatic from network Rerun setup.exe using ESD Using Configuration.xml file to manage updates  

Considerations for Managed Deployments 4: Planning and Managing Clients Users do not have admin rights Bandwidth limitations during deployment Incorrect licenses Windows XP issues Lack of ESD expertise  

Best Practices for Managed Deployments 4: Planning and Managing Clients Proper planning and design and testing User acceptance testing (piloting) Awareness program of the new app Have a proper training plan for Office  

Office Telemetry and Reporting Best Practices for Office Telemetry

Introduction to Office Telemetry 20346A Introduction to Office Telemetry 4: Planning and Managing Clients What is Office Telemetry Used For? Telemetry operations Telemetry management  

Installing and Configuring Telemetry 4: Planning and Managing Clients Configuration steps: Database preparation Telemetry processor setup Deploy agents Configure telemetry agents Post-Configuration steps: Connect the dashboard to the database Configure privacy  

Using Telemetry Data Deciphering and analyzing the data 4: Planning and Managing Clients Deciphering and analyzing the data Multiple viewer access Removing data  

Considerations for using Office telemetry 4: Planning and Managing Clients Obstacles to successful deployment of Office Telemetry: Permissions Infrastructure issues Unreported data Missing data Performance and capacity planning  

Best Practices for Office Telemetry 4: Planning and Managing Clients Design for reports and dashboard Capacity planning Consult an expert Pilot and test  

Module Review Office Telemetry and Reporting