Standard Installations

Making Copies of CDs

To gain maximum space usage, your duplication software must copy on a bit-for-bit, byte-for-byte basis; this includes using the same volume label as the original CDs. Some duplication software “translates” or expands the compressed files as it’s copying and can fill up a CD before copying all data from the source CD.

You can build master discs for Microsoft products for the Macintosh directly from the CD. You do not need to copy the disc images to your hard disc. You can also copy the individual Microsoft Office products to a network drive so that others can install these applications from the network drive.

Campus and School Agreement Replication Guidelines and List of Microsoft Authorized Replicators

Microsoft Campus and School Replication Guidelines and Authorized Replicator List.doc  (638 KB)

Creating an Installation Directory on a Network Server

Creating an installation directory on a network server allows users to install a product directly from the server to a workstation without CDs. Once installed on the user’s PC, the product runs exactly as if it had been installed from CD.

In order to create an installation directory on a network server, you must have read/write privileges on the server, and there must be enough available hard disc space.