Office365 Desktop Shortcuts deploy
Hi
what is the easiest way to create shortcut on the desktop for office 365 apps? We deployed o365 with the xml file create in the OCT but can't find the option to add shortcuts to desktops of (Word,Excel,PowerPoint, Outlook)
users really want desktop shortcuts.
I could create a task and copy content from C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
thanks
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Posted by:
Timokirch
4 years ago
Hi Psaussey,
one possibilty would be to use KACE Desktop Authority to manage the userprofiles (shortcuts are only one option). If you are using SMA only you can try to run a script om the context of the currently logged on user.
Kind Regards
Timo
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Thanks. I would like this to be done with SDA after the office 365 is deployed... - psaussey 4 years ago
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We use a powershell script that makes a copie of the shortcuts from the startmenu to to the default profile. Looks like:
Copy-Item -Path "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Word.lnk" -Destination "c:\users\Default\Desktop" -Force
Copy-Item -Path "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Excel.lnk" -Destination "c:\users\Default\Desktop" -Force
Copy-Item -Path "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\PowerPoint.lnk" -Destination "c:\users\Default\Desktop" -Force
Copy-Item -Path "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\OneNote 2016.lnk" -Destination "c:\users\Default\Desktop" -Force
Copy-Item -Path "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Outlook.lnk" -Destination "c:\users\Default\Desktop" -Force
So, every user that logs in has the desktop icons when copy profile is set to default.
Important that the powershell script runs after the installation of office 365, otherways there are no .lnk files to find in programdata folder. - abahelpdesk 4 years ago-
oh great thanks - psaussey 4 years ago
Posted by:
rock_star
4 years ago
Better way would be to copy the shortcut to public desktop, so it visible to all users and easy to maintain.
