Re: Where does Office 2003 validate over the Internet
- From: "Bob Buckland ?:-\)" <75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com>
- Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2008 19:51:36 -0800
Hi Jordan,
There are various scenarios for supplying updates for Office and it sounds as if you've investigated some of them. As far as
activation, with a volume license agreement (available for as few as 5 Microsoft product licenses [ http://microsoft.com/licensing]
activation of MS Office (as well as other products) is not required for individual computers, but can use special activation
processes for multiple activations (
http://microsoft.com/licensing/resources/vol ), while for OEM or retail product licenses of MS Office, installing an update to MS
Office should not require reactivation unless you're deleting the Office Product Activation (OPA11.dat) from the computers at some
point?
I'm not quite clear when you say you don't have direct internet for these computers but then that you are spending time putting them
back on the internet, as to the scenario you're using, or the reason why using a proxy server would not work in your scenario, or
the specific information you're looking for beyond what is in this article:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/291983/
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<<"Jordan" <nospam@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23JyKKhSZIHA.5208@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Short question - Where does Office connect to on the Internet to validate
itself? I have to configure a static route on all my secure workstations
(No direct Internet) so they can reach this server to activate when needed. Firewalls, Proxies, ISA, etc are irrelivent in this
case because I purposely am trying to make it as difficult as possible for these stations to get to the Internet.
Long RANT
This is where this activation stuff really gets to be a pain for Network
Admins. I have 100 computers that we absolutely do not want to have
Internet Access at all. AT ALL! We also use WSUS 3.0 to do all our
patching so the computers NEVER have to go on the Internet once they have
been setup and deployed.
Unfortunately every time WSUS puts a service pack on office (3 times so far) we have to do a bunch of configuring to get the
computers back onto the Internet which means taking down all our high security measures OR sitting on the phone for every one of
these computers.
I am trying to get this network as close to 0 touch as possible. Since I
use all the recommended MS tools like RIS, WSUS, Group Policies, Roaming
Profiles, and Active Directory I have managed to get it so all I have to do is plug a box in, boot it off the PXE on the nic, punch
a few keys to have a fully functional workstation. Practically 0 touch except for this
activation requirement that requires re-activation over and over and over.
MS - I am beggin ya. Please let me just go through this once and not with
every service pack or random item like updating Media Player or other
items.....Please!!!!! >>
--
Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP
*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*
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