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On my domain server 2012r2I am trying to deploying office 2007 but not all of the office I need to install only excel and word

I found an .msi file within the dvd installation and found many .msi packages called ExcelMUI.msiand WordMUI.msi at directory

...\English\Excel.en-us\ExcelMUI.msi

...\English\Excel.en-us\WordMUI.msi

can I use them to deploy only excel and word through domain server 2012r2? are they valid as .msi packages installer ?

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Best Guess: I wonder if those MUI-setups are Multilingual User Interface setups. I think you should get on a virtual machine and try to run the setup.exe instead (if there is one) and then go to "Custom" or equivalent to see if you get a feature selection dialog. Then you should select Word and Excel to install fully and you can disable most other features (don't disable the shared features, just the other apps would be my suggestion - Outlook, PowerPoint, etc...). It is possible that those MSI files you mention can be used directly. You could try to run them - but only on a virtual of course. Or on a computer which does not matter - test computer of some sort. Look for a custom option and a feature dialog there too. Sorry, all I can suggest without installation media access.

Sure?: With all that said, Office on a domain server? Do you mean domain controller? (hope not). Sounds like a very dangerous move if you ask me - with all the security holes Office contains. At least make sure to run Windows Update or Office Update or whatever mechanism you have to deploy security fixes. Can I be curious and ask why the server needs Office? Is it for automation only?

Viewer for MSI Files: You can open and inspect MSI files using the free tools Orca, SuperOrca or InstEd (links towards bottom). I have an old answer on superuser showing how MSI features can be seen inside the MSI file.

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  • Office on a domain server? `yes I need to install it from domain server but it is not installed at the domain server` Do you mean domain controller? `umm yes` Can I be curious and ask why the server needs Office? Is it for automation only? `No server does not need office and as you said my friend it is only for automation purpose when I connect a client pc with new fresh OS copy to my domain server I want to make thinks easer as much as I can so office and some other software will be installed by domain server ` – sam May 28 '18 at 17:44
  • I will give it try for suggestion but I am not really convinced with size of the `ExcelMUI.msi` itt only about 6 MB hope if someone can provide me with tested `.msi` package – sam May 28 '18 at 17:47
  • I have full installation media but as you know my friend I can not install `.exe` files using the domain server I need `.msi` packages to install office or some of it is feature through domain so I am looking for `.msi` package to install office and I prefer to install only excel and word and share feature only we do not use other office feature like outlook, power point or other – sam May 28 '18 at 18:31