I read your article and in it you say--

"Recently, Microsoft released the Outlook 98 Deployment Kit (ODK), a tool that lets you create customized Outlook 98 and IE 4.01 installations (i.e., CD-ROM or server-based installations) with a preconfigured set of program subcomponents and user options."

However unless I'm missing something a server based install is not actually possible. In Chapter 2 - Installation and Configuration of the Outlook 98 Deployment Kit documentation available on the Sept. 2000 Technet CD it says the following--

"Note Outlook 98 Setup uses new Active Setup technology, which does not support previous Run from Network Server and setup /a installation methods. "

If there is an article somewhere that says otherwise please point me in the proper direction. I have been seaching for a way to do this and if you could help I would greatly appreciate it.



Josh9/13/2000 8:14:08 AM

Choose the silent installation option during the Outlook 98 Deployment Kit (ODK) wizard process. Launch the client-side installation using Setup with the /Q (Quiet) option.

--­Sean Daily

Sean Daily 10/4/1999 12:14:08 PM

I read Sean Daily's "Using the Outlook 98 Deployment Kit" (April 1999), and I wondered whether you could help me with a problem. I've been trying to install Microsoft Outlook 98 via Systems Management Server (SMS) Package Command Manager (PCM) services. This process requires a quiet install, with no screens popping up. I've installed Microsoft Office 97 this way with little trouble. However, I can't get Outlook 98 to do a truly quiet install.

--­Rob Burroughs

Rob Burroughs 10/4/1999 12:13:29 PM

I read Sean Daily’s “Using the Outlook 98 Deployment Kit” (April), and I’m wondering why Microsoft doesn’t make the Outlook 98 Deployment Kit (ODK) available for download from its Web site? Why doesn’t Microsoft follow the same distribution model as it does for the Internet Explorer Administration Kit (IEAK)? What’s even more surprising is that we can download the English version of Outlook 98 directly from the Microsoft Web sites.

--JF Martin



I agree with you 100 percent! I can’t see any good reason to support Microsoft’s decision to keep this product from its general customer base. The availability of the IEAK and Outlook 98 from the Microsoft Web site makes this decision doubly confusing. Let’s hope Microsoft will get the message after enough letters like yours arrive saying, “I want my ODK!”

--Sean Daily

JF Martin 8/6/1999 3:51:05 PM

I read Sean Daily’s “Using the Outlook 98 Deployment Kit” (April), and I’m wondering why Microsoft doesn’t make the Outlook 98 Deployment Kit (ODK) available for download from its Web site? Why doesn’t Microsoft follow the same distribution model as it does for the Internet Explorer Administration Kit (IEAK)? What’s even more surprising is that we can download the English version of Outlook 98 directly from the Microsoft Web sites.

--JF Martin



I agree with you 100 percent! I can’t see any good reason to support Microsoft’s decision to keep this product from its general customer base. The availability of the IEAK and Outlook 98 from the Microsoft Web site makes this decision doubly confusing. Let’s hope Microsoft will get the message after enough letters like yours arrive saying, “I want my ODK!”

--Sean Daily

JF Martin 8/6/1999 3:51:05 PM