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When you’re going to deploy a new package with SCCM 2007, there are a few steps you need to follow. The easiest way to deploy a package is to follow the next steps: [Y] 1.) Collection 2.) Package 3.) Program 4.) Distribution Point 5.) Advertisement Before we are going to deploy Office 2007, we’ve to create a MSP file for customize the Office 2007 installation. You can start the Office Customization Tool using the following command: Run ---> setup.exe /admin. Save the file in the updates folder on your Office 2007 source directory Step 1, creating a collection: 1.) Create a new collection, to specify the computers where Office must be installed. 2.) Navigate to System Center Configuration Manager, Site Database, Computer Management, New Collection 3.) Give your new collection a name, for example “Office 2007 Enterprise” 4.) On the Membership Rules dialog box, Create a collection Packages can only be distributed to members of a collection. A collection can contain multiple computers, a single computer, a single user and members of a security group. Configuration Manager 2007 operates with two different types of collections. · Direct membership based. ü Click the computer icon, which opens the Create Direct Membership Rule Wizard. Click Next ü On the Search for Resources dialog box, click the Resource class drop-down menu and select System Resource. Then, click the Attribute name drop-down menu and select Name. In the Value field enter %, and then click Next ü On the Search for Resources dialog box, click the Resource class drop-down menu and select System Resource. Then, click the Attribute name drop-down menu and select Name. In the Value field enter %, and then click Next ü On the Collection Limiting dialog box, click the Browse button, select All Windows Workstation or Professional Systems, and then click Next ü Select the computer(s) you want to deploy Office 2007 and click Next.,, Finish · Query Based collections are use full when distributing software to a larger group of resources based on specific criteria’s Example, all workstations in Copenhagen or computers belonging to an Active Directory security group. Direct membership collections are use full when distributing software to a narrow group of resources e.g. 5 test pc’s. Step 2, creating a package: 1.) Navigate to System Center Configuration Manager, Site Database, Computer Management, Software Distribution, Package, New Package 2.) On the General dialog box of the New Package Wizard, enter the Name, Version, Manufacturer, and Language. For example, Office, 2007, Microsoft, English (US) 3.) On the Data Source dialog box, select This package contains source files. Click the Set button, and then enter the path for the location of the source files in the Source directory field. For example E:\Software\Office 2007\, which contains a copy of the 2007 Office Enterprise installation CD. 4.) Click OK, and then continue to click Next and accept the default settings on all of the following dialog boxes: Data Access, Distribution Settings, Reporting, and Security. On the Wizard Completed dialog box. Step 3, creating a Program: 1.) Navigate to System Center Configuration Manager, Site Database, Computer Management, Software Distribution, Packages, Office 2007, Programs, New, Program 2.) Give the new program a Name 3.) On the Command-line box, type in setup.exe 4.) On the Environment dialog box, click the Program can run drop-down box and select Whether or not a user is logged on. This will enable Run with administrative rights for the Run mode. Leave the default for Drive mode to Runs with UNC name, and then click Next (Because the customization file, CustomOffice.MSP, was placed in the \Updates folder, a command line option is not needed to reference its location) 5.) On the Advanced dialog box, select the check box for Suppress program notifications, and then click Next Step 4, Copy to Distibution points: 1.) Navigate to System Center Configuration Manager, Site Database, Computer Management, Software Distribution, Packages, Office 2007, Distribution points 2.) Manage Distribution Points 3.) Select “Copy the package to new distribution points” 4.) Select the distribution points 5.) Click finish and wait a copple of minutes 6.) Check the status changing from Install Pending to Installed Step 5, creating the advertisement 1.) Navigate to System Center Configuration Manager, Site Database, Computer Management, Software Distribution, Advertisements 2.) New Advertisement 3.) Give the advertisement a Name 4.) Select the package, Program and Collection 5.) Click finish and wait a copple of minutes 6.) On the client wait for the next Machine Policy Retrievel & Evaluation Cycle After the setup is finished, Office 2007 is deployed to your client(s) and is ready to use!

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I’m really very excited to announce that we’re launching a new branch of VirManSec in the western region of the kingdom which we agreed to call VirManSec IT Community – Jeddah Chapter. This new Chapter is started by a group of IT Pros who lives in Jeddah and who wants to share their knowledge with their peers within their region.

Personally I lived the experience of starting and founding a community back in 2008 when I started VirManSec IT Pros Community in Riyadh, and it was really wonderful to live the same experience again with the guys in Jeddah, but this time with a bigger maturity level and better understanding of the IT Pros expectations.

The guys in Jeddah have done a wonderful job starting this community, they invest and used a lot of their personal times into this, because they simply believe in the power of knowledge transfer and the power of communities, I really would like to thank them all for efforts they made to start ‘their’ community, VirManSec Jeddah Chapter is solely and independently fully operational without the supervision or the help from its older sister VirManSec IT Pros Community! They have their own characteristic, their own way of reaching and even their own logo. They only ware generous enough to share the on line resources with us. I would really like to thank them one by one.

VirManSec Jeddah Chapter President Mr. Mazen Ektifan who has done everything he could to make this dream comes true.

Mr. Syed Khairuddin, VirManSec Jeddah Chapter VP whom with his brilliant IT abilities and communications skills we were able to start this chapter.

Mr. Nour Homsi, VirManSec’s continues and always sponsor who have never failed us. VirManSec is utilizing his company R-Tech resources to host their website.

Mr. Mohammed Ektifan, a one believer of the community work and the new technical adviser in Jeddah.

And from our sponsors in Jeddah

Effat University: The highly esteemed university which believed in community and gave us the chance to use their elegant and professional facilities to throw our first event in Jeddah.

Pixel Arabia: The very elegant designing company who offered us to maintain our website because they simply believe that small things make big difference!

Networks Connections: The company with a vision of a smart investment in the field of serving the communities, who were very supportive along the way of founding Jeddah Chapter.

Registration to Jeddah Chapter Launch Event can be done through this link "Register"

Last but not the least I would like to thank the guys in Microsoft who always help us with latest technologies. They’re always with us as bloggers, and visiting speakers to our event. Specifically I would like to thank Ammar Abu Thuraya (the custodian of the communities concept), Wilfried Schadenboeck, Essam Hamdan, Shady AlKayyali and Alawi Albar.

Thank you all, and I hope by the end of this year to see a similar thank you letter to some IT Pros, Sponsors in the Eastern Province.

Posted 04-12-2010 5:28 PM by Asem Alhourani

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mEktifan wrote re: Jeddah Chapter Launch - a Thank You Thread

on 04-12-2010 7:21 PM

Thank you asem also, you are the hero of VirManSec Community, even in Riyadh or Jeddah chapter and the supporter of us. thank you asem again.

Mazen Ektifan wrote re: Jeddah Chapter Launch - a Thank You Thread

on 04-12-2010 10:53 PM

It’s our pleasure to join you with your efforts to start this chapter in Jeddah (Western region). We are convinced that introducing this new chapter of VirManSec IT community is a creative step in the world of IT Pros. It would be beneficial for all professionals in this field. And we are looking forward to be a source of consultation for this matter.

Thank you for making this opportunity available for us

Rafat S. El-Masri wrote re: Jeddah Chapter Launch - a Thank You Thread

on 04-13-2010 1:49 AM

It is a great achievement guys. Staring the community in Jeddah will be a great event and is an important step in VirManSec growth. I am really excited and looking forward to meeting all of you at that event.

I would like to take this great opportunity to thank my friend Asem.

Asem is an amazing man who works hard on growing the community and always encouraging the concept of knowledge sharing. Big Thanks to you Asem and as always, I wish you all the best.

skhairudin wrote re: Jeddah Chapter Launch - a Thank You Thread

on 04-13-2010 9:35 AM

Great Efforts Asem !!!!. Atlast made it :). I am really very excited to throw the event. Mazen your effrots are really remarkable. Inshallah soon I will give my first webcast and live demonstration.

Abdulrahman Shaheen wrote re: Jeddah Chapter Launch - a Thank You Thread

on 04-28-2010 12:04 PM

great job for all really it was nice and good knowledge sharing

Abdullah Al Baloushi wrote re: Jeddah Chapter Launch - a Thank You Thread

on 04-29-2010 12:20 AM

Thanks to all

realy it was very very very nice Event

and was best Job from all

i want to thank all

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