Install Outlook 2003 via SMS with multiple profiles

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harikeo - 18 May 2008 10:17 GMT

All

I need to install Office 2003 via SMS 2003 which is fine but I'm having
problems getting 2 mail profiles created during installation.

I created one profile in the MST file okay but I can see no way of
creating two. I need two so our users can choose which profile to use as
we have different Exchange environments to support and some users use
more than one Exchange environment.

How do I go about doing this? I tried using the Profile Wizard and then
using the OPS file with the MST but no profiles were created at all that
way.

kind regards

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Diane Poremsky {MVP} - 18 May 2008 20:07 GMT

You can edit the PRF or use CIW to create the PRF.
http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/prf.htm

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harikeo - 18 May 2008 20:34 GMT

> You can edit the PRF or use CIW to create the PRF.
> http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/prf.htm

Thanks Diane. I'll take a look at the page tomorrow and make a start on
it again :)

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harikeo - 20 May 2008 07:23 GMT

>> You can edit the PRF or use CIW to create the PRF.
>> http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/prf.htm
>>
> Thanks Diane. I'll take a look at the page tomorrow and make a start on
> it again :)

This didn't work for Exchange environments. The page describes how to
add different services such as POP3, IMAP etc but not Exchange
environments. I tried combining sections from the 2 PRF files I have but
only a single profile is created

Is there any other sites which explain how to create a PRF with 2 or
more profiles using a different Exchange environment for each profile?

Below is my attempt at combining the 2 PRF files into a single file. The
profile with the name SDH is created but the SPT profile isn't. At the
moment I am stuck with having to use 2 PRF files with one being imported
after SMS has installed Office.

Did I need to add the extra services in the [Service List] section? How
about numbering the 2nd profile in the way I have done?

;Automatically generated PRF file from the Microsoft Office
Customization and Installation Wizard

; **************************************************************
; Section 1 - Profile Defaults
; **************************************************************

[General]
Custom=1
ProfileName=SDH
DefaultProfile=No
OverwriteProfile=No
ModifyDefaultProfileIfPresent=FALSE

Custom=2
ProfileName=SPT
DefaultProfile=No
OverwriteProfile=No
ModifyDefaultProfileIfPresent=FALSE

; **************************************************************
; Section 2 - Services in Profile
; **************************************************************

[Service List]
;ServiceX=Microsoft Outlook Client
ServiceEGS1=Exchange Global Section
ServiceEGS2=Exchange Global Section
Service1=Microsoft Exchange Server
Service2=Microsoft Exchange Server
ServiceEGS1=Exchange Global Section
ServiceEGS2=Exchange Global Section

;***************************************************************
; Section 3 - List of internet accounts
;***************************************************************

[Internet Account List]

;***************************************************************
; Section 4 - Default values for each service.
;***************************************************************

[ServiceEGS1]
MailboxName=%UserName%
HomeServer=BGHXCH05

[Service1]
OverwriteExistingService=No
UniqueService=Yes
MailboxName=%UserName%
HomeServer=BGHXCH05
AccountName=Microsoft Exchange Server

[ServiceEGS2]
MailboxName=%UserName%
HomeServer=RX2XC001

[Service1]
OverwriteExistingService=No
UniqueService=Yes
MailboxName=%UserName%
HomeServer=RX2XC001
AccountName=Microsoft Exchange Server

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Diane Poremsky {MVP} - 22 May 2008 19:27 GMT

You can only have one exchange account in a profile and each PRF is good for
one profile, not two. You'll need to create two PRF and then push them out
using a logon script.

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>>> You can edit the PRF or use CIW to create the PRF.
>>> http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/prf.htm
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> AccountName=Microsoft Exchange Server

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