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by xt john

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We've been slowly migrating from older versions of Microsoft Office to Office 12 (2007). Aside from getting users accustomed to the new look and feel, it's been going well. Until now. We are experimenting with a Wyse thin client appliance. We are very happy so far with what this unit can do. One thing we tried, was to set up Office as scaled back as possible (there's only a gig of storage on these clients), and we tried to do a 'run from network' installation, as all the previous versions of Office could, and see that it's not an option in 2007 (or at least the version we have). Just for testing, we did set up the thin client with Office 2003... running everything from the network, and it's working great. I've been Googling, on browsing the Microsoft site, etc ann can't find an answer to the question... what do I need to run Office 2007 from the network?

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by cg it

You can create a thin image for thin clients but not sure 2 GB is enough space unless your running XP embedded on the thin client.

See these Office 2007 articles in Ms Technet.

From the article:
Office Deployment Guide
Overview of 2007 Office System Deployment
Published: November 30, 2006
Figure 1 provides an overview of the 2007 Office system upgrade process.

Thin Image Installations
To integrate 2007 Office release programs into BDD 2007 as supplemental applications, use the Add Application feature of the Deployment Workbench to point to the customized Microsoft Office distribution point. (See the Computer Imaging System Feature Team Guide for more details on adding applications.) The Deployment Workbench offers customized steps for the integration of the 2007 Office system, taking into account specific requirements of the 2007 Office system in the application settings used to deploy the package.

Also this article for determining if you want a "thick" or "thin" image

Office Deployment Guide
Quick-Start Guide and Checklist
Published: November 30, 2006
This section provides a high-level overview
of the planning and deployment phases of 2007 Office System deployment. Application Management feature team members should use this information to help ensure that no critical steps are missed.

by evilhomergd

is what we used to use with our WYSE terminals at my last company. By installing Citrix and the apps on a server, we were then able to use Citrix on teh WYSE terminals to run the apps. Configuring it was a bit of a hassle and the software wasn't cheap, but it's an option that I think would still work with Office 2007

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