How To Sequence Office 2013 Excluding Certain Applications – App-V

It’s possible to exclude certain MS Office applications when sequencing an App-V MS Office package. To exclude certain applications from the Office 2013 suite when sequencing:

1. First create an xml file called configuration.xml, specifying which Office apps to exlude:

   <Configuration>
   <Add SourcePath="c:\media\" OfficeClientEdition="32" >
   <Product ID="O365ProPlusRetail">
   <Language ID="en-us" />
   <ExcludeApp ID="Access" />
   <ExcludeApp ID="InfoPath" />
   <ExcludeApp ID="Lync" />
   </Product>
   </Add>
   <Display Level="None" AcceptEULA="TRUE" />
   <Property Name="AUTOACTIVATE" Value="1" />
   </Configuration>

2. Next download the Microsoft Office Deployment Tool
3. Use the Office Deployment Tools to download the Office media using this command:
   

   setup.exe /download c:\media\configuration.xml

4. Create the App-V package using this command:
   

   setup.exe /packager c:\media\configuration.xml c:\media\package