Welcome to part 17 in a series of posts which describe how to create a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS 2007) Virtual PC image for demos and development work. Last time, we looked at how to install SharePoint Designer 2007 into our virtual machine. This time, we’ll look at how to install some of the Office 2007 desktop applications, including Word 2007, Excel 2007, Powerpoint 2007, and Access 2007.
Part 17: Installing Office 2007 Applications
Insert the Office 2007 installation media, start the installation, select the Add or Remove Features option, then click the Continue button:
Select Microsoft Office Access, Microsoft Office Excel, Microsoft Office PowerPoint, and Microsoft Office Word, then click the Continue button:
After the installation has completed successfully, click the Close button:
You should now have a fully-functional installation of Office 2007.
In Part 18, we’ll look at how to install a set of server “warm-up” scripts which will help improve the initial performance of the MOSS 2007 virtual machine after boot-ups.