Create a network installation point for office 2007

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The two files of most interest are a "catalog. The "catalog. The other version. Based on the version number, you can decide whether you want to remove obsolete packages from this catalog manifest. You can do the same as you go through the other "GUID" folders. After you make the decision on the catalog s you want to clean, run the --clean command by supplying the files paths to these catalogs.

When you execute this command, Setup analyzes your network layout folder to find the list of files that it will remove. You will then have a chance to review the files that are going to be deleted and confirm the deletions. Administrators can deploy Visual Studio onto client workstations as part of an installation script. Or, users who have administrator rights can run setup directly from the share to install Visual Studio on their machine.

Be patient. Make sure you --wait for both the installer and the product to finish. When installing or updating a client from a layout, the installer is always the first thing to get installed or updated, and then the Visual Studio product itself will get installed or updated.

Both of these processes need to finish in order to be considered a successful update. This is useful if an enterprise administrator wants to perform further actions on a completed installation, such as apply a product key to a successful installation.

Using the --wait option prevents subsequent operations from kicking off prematurely. When you install from a layout, the content that is installed will default to be acquired from the layout. However, if you select a component that isn't in the layout, and the client has been configured to look at Microsoft hosted servers for updates , then the installer will attempt to acquire Visual Studio packages from the internet too.

If you want to prevent Visual Studio setup attempting to download any content from the web that is missing in your layout, use the --noWeb option. If --noWeb is used and the layout is missing any content that is selected to be installed, then the setup will fail.

The --noWeb option does not stop the Visual Studio installer on an internet-connected client machine from checking for updates if the client has been configured to look at Microsoft hosted servers for updates.

Rather, --noWeb simply prevents the client from downloading the product packages. For more information, see the Update a Visual Studio client that was installed from a network layout page.

If you get an error message that says "A product matching the following parameters cannot be found", make sure that you are using the --noweb switch. You can modify some files in the layout folder to set default values that are used when the product is initially installed on the client machine.

Common configuration options include:. For more information about how to customize and configure the default client settings for the layout, see Automate Visual Studio installation with a response file. Refer to Set defaults for enterprise deployments of Visual Studio for additional details. You can also control other enterprise deployment behavior, such as where shared packages are installed. If you experience a problem with your network layout, we want to know about it.

When you use this tool, it would be very helpful if you could send the logs from the VS Collect tool which can help us diagnose and fix the problem. We also offer an installation chat English only support option for installation-related issues. We have other support options available, too. See our Visual Studio Developer Community. Skip to main content. This browser is no longer supported. Download Microsoft Edge More info. Contents Exit focus mode.

Is this page helpful? Please rate your experience Yes No. Any additional feedback? Folder Management: If you have multiple editions of Visual Studio in use within your enterprise for example, Visual Studio Professional and Visual Studio Enterprise , you must create a separate network install point for each edition.

Furthermore, the original Visual Studio installation layout and all subsequent product updates must be located in the same network directory to ensure that the client's repair and uninstall functionality works properly.

Lastly, the layout path must be fewer than 80 characters, although some organizations have successfully used symbolic links to work around the character limitation. Planning for Updates: You must decide how your client machines should receive product updates before you do the initial client install.

This is necessary to ensure that your clients' update location configuration is set correctly. Your choices include having the clients get updates from either the network layout location or from Microsoft hosted servers on the internet.

Once the client has installed from the layout, the client's update location configuration is locked and unchangable. Also, the layout path must be fewer than 80 characters, although some organizations have successfully used symbolic links to work around the character limitation. Planning for Updates: You should decide how your client machines should receive product updates before you do the initial client install.

Important The following limitation exists with layout management when you use only Visual Studio functionality: Once the client has installed from the layout, the client's update location is locked and unchangable.

Planning for Updates: We recommend that you decide how your client machines should receive product updates before you do the initial client install. This is to ensure that your clients' update location configuration is initialized correctly.

Fortunately, it is also possible to configure the client source location for updates after the initial install has occurred. The bootstrappers listed below will always install the latest most secure version of Visual Studio , no matter when you run them: Edition Bootstrapper Visual Studio Enterprise version Edition Bootstrapper Visual Studio Enterprise version Tip If you previously downloaded a bootstrapper file and want to verify what version it is, here's how.

Tip If you previously downloaded a bootstrapper file and want to verify what version it will install, here's how. Ensure your layout has the correct channel It is important to ensure that the network layout is based off of the correct channel , because this is one of the criteria that administrator updates , if they're deployed throughout the organization, use to identify which client instances should be updated.

Ensure your layout is using the latest installer We recommend that you always use the latest Visual Studio installer in your layout and distribute it to your clients. Further details, including how to turn off using the latest installer, are described below Important This capability to use the latest installer is only available to Visual Studio bootstrappers that were built after Visual Studio originally shipped. Important To prevent an error, make sure that your full layout path on the network share is fewer than 80 characters.

Modify the channel of the network layout Occasionally, as channels transition out of support, you will need to ensure that the network layout continues to be based off of a supported channel so that your clients can continue to receive notifications of security updates. Important An update operation doesn't download or install additional optional components either to the layout or onto the client. Configure the layout to always include and provide the latest installer You can configure your layout to always include and provide the latest installer to your clients, even if the installer is considered a part of a more recent version of Visual Studio.

Tip If want to change the location where your client's Visual Studio installation looks for updates , then you must get the latest Visual Studio installer on your client machine.

There are two ways to enable your layout to include and provide the latest installer: You can pass in the --useLatestInstaller parameter to the bootstrapper when you're creating or updating the layout. Release", "productId": "Microsoft. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.

Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights. This security update is rated Critical for all supported editions of Microsoft Office Excel For more information, see the subsection, Affected and Non-Affected Software , in this section. This security update addresses these vulnerabilities by modifying the way that Microsoft Office Excel opens Excel files.

For more information about the vulnerability, see the Frequently Asked Questions FAQ subsection for the specific vulnerability entry under the next section, Vulnerability Information. This security update also addresses the vulnerability first described in Microsoft Security Advisory Microsoft recommends that customers apply the update immediately. The following software have been tested to determine which versions or editions are affected. Other versions or editions are either past their support life cycle or are not affected.

To determine the support life cycle for your software version or edition, visit Microsoft Support Lifecycle. Where are the file information details? The file information details can be found in Microsoft Knowledge Base Article The update included with this security bulletin applies only to the specific component within the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint File Formats that is affected. For example, in an Excel bulletin, only the Excel compatibility pack component files are included in the update packages and not Word or PowerPoint compatibility pack component files.

Word compatibility pack component files are updated in a Word bulletin and PowerPoint compatibility pack component files are updated in a PowerPoint bulletin.

What is the Microsoft Office Excel Viewer? With Excel Viewer, you can open, view, and print Excel workbooks, even if you don't have Excel installed. You can also copy data from Excel Viewer to another program. However, you cannot edit data, save a workbook, or create a new workbook. Why is this update Critical for Excel but only Important for all other affected versions of Excel?

Microsoft Excel and later versions have a built-in feature that prompts a user to Open, Save, or Cancel before opening a document. This mitigating factor reduces the vulnerability from Critical to Important because the vulnerability requires more than a single user action to complete the exploit. Why does this update address several reported security vulnerabilities?

This update contains support for several vulnerabilities because the modifications that are required to address these issues are located in related files. Instead of having to install several updates that are almost the same, customers need to install this update only. The Office component discussed in this article is part of the Office Suite that I have installed on my system; however, I did not choose to install this specific component.

Will I be offered this update? Yes, if the version of the Office Suite installed on your system shipped with the component discussed in this bulletin, the system will be offered updates for it whether the component is installed or not. The detection logic used to scan for affected systems is designed to check for updates for all components that shipped with the particular Office Suite and offer the updates to a system. Users who choose not to apply an update for a component that is not installed, but is included in the version of the Office Suite, will not increase the security risk of that system.

However, users who do choose to install the update will not have a negative impact on the security or performance of a system. For more information on this issue, please see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article Does the offer to update a non-vulnerable version of Microsoft Office constitute an issue in the Microsoft update mechanism?

No, the update mechanism is functioning correctly in that it detects a lower version of the files on the system than in the update package and thus, offers the update. I am using an older release of the software discussed in this security bulletin.

What should I do? The affected software listed in this bulletin have been tested to determine which releases are affected. Other releases are past their support life cycle. To determine the support life cycle for your software release, visit Microsoft Support Lifecycle.

It should be a priority for customers who have older releases of the software to migrate to supported releases to prevent potential exposure to vulnerabilities. For more information about the extended security update support period for these software versions or editions, visit Microsoft Product Support Services. Customers who require custom support for older releases must contact their Microsoft account team representative, their Technical Account Manager, or the appropriate Microsoft partner representative for custom support options.

Customers without an Alliance, Premier, or Authorized Contract can contact their local Microsoft sales office. For contact information, visit Microsoft Worldwide Information , select the country, and then click Go to see a list of telephone numbers. When you call, ask to speak with the local Premier Support sales manager. The following severity ratings assume the potential maximum impact of the vulnerability.

For information regarding the likelihood, within 30 days of this security bulletin's release, of the exploitability of the vulnerability in relation to its severity rating and security impact, Please see the Exploitability Index in the April bulletin summary.

For more information, see Microsoft Exploitability Index. A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office Excel that could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Excel file that includes a malformed object. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system.