Silent Installation of MicroStrategy Office

This information applies to the legacy MicroStrategy Office add-in, the add‑in for Microsoft Office applications which is no longer actively developed.

It was substituted with a new add‑in, MicroStrategy for Office, which supports Office 365 applications. The initial version does not yet have all the functionalities of the previous add‑in.

If you are using MicroStrategy 2021 Update 2 or a later version, the legacy MicroStrategy Office add-in cannot be installed from Web.;

For more information, see the MicroStrategy for Office page in the Readme and the MicroStrategy for Office Help.

You can also install MicroStrategy Office as its own stand-alone installation, which lets you install only MicroStrategy Office. The stand-alone installation of MicroStrategy Office can also be used to install updates of the MicroStrategy Office product.

To perform a silent installation of MicroStrategy Office as a stand-alone installation, refer to the procedure below.

You can also perform an installation of MicroStrategy Office as its own stand-alone installation, but with the assistance of a MicroStrategy Office installation wizard. The steps to use the MicroStrategy Office installation wizard are provided in the MicroStrategy for Office Help.

You must have Microsoft .NET Framework and Microsoft Web Services Enhancement Runtime to install and support MicroStrategy Office. For the required versions of these components, see the MicroStrategy Readme.
You must have Microsoft Windows Installer 4.5 to install MicroStrategy Office.
Microsoft Office must already be installed on the machine.

To perform a silent installation of MicroStrategy for Office

Download the MicroStrategy Office stand-alone installation files. You can retrieve these from the MicroStrategy installation disk, or from the MicroStrategy download site. The MicroStrategy Office stand-alone installation files include files named MicroStrategyOffice.msi and MicroStrategyOffice64.msi. These .msi files are for installing MicroStrategy Office on 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Microsoft Office, respectively.
From the Windows Start menu, go to Programs > Accessories, and then right-click Command Prompt and select Run as Administrator. The User Account Control dialog box opens.
The steps to open a Windows command prompt with administrator privileges may be different depending on your version of Windows.
Click Yes to open the command prompt with administrator privileges. The command prompt is displayed.
From a command prompt, navigate to the MicroStrategy Office update installation folder.
To view information on the options to run the silent install command, enter the following command:
```
msiexec.msi /?
```
This includes information on options to log the installation details to a log file.
To run the silent installation using installation options defined by the current MicroStrategy Office configuration, enter one of the following commands:

To install on 32-bit versions of Microsoft Office:
msiexec.exe /i MicroStrategyOffice.msi /qn
To install on 64-bit versions of Microsoft Office:
msiexec.exe /i MicroStrategyOffice64.msi /qn
You can also use additional parameters as part of the silent installation command, including the following:
INSTALLDIR: Defines the directory in which MicroStrategy Office will be installed. For example, you can define this parameter as INSTALLDIR="C:\Program Files\MicroStrategy\Office".
WSURL: Defines the URL for MicroStrategy Web Services. For example, you can define this parameter as WSURL="http://localhost/MicroStrategyWS/MSTRWS.asmx".
LW: Specify whether to load the MicroStrategy Office toolbar by default when the Microsoft Word application runs. This applies only if Word is installed in the target machine. The default is 3, which loads the toolbar. You can set this option to 2 to not load the toolbar for Microsoft Word.
LE: Specify whether to load the MicroStrategy Office toolbar by default when the Microsoft Excel application runs. This applies only if Excel is installed in the target machine. The default is 3, which loads the toolbar. You can set this option to 2 to not load the toolbar for Microsoft Excel.
LP: Specify whether to load the MicroStrategy Office toolbar by default when the Microsoft PowerPoint application runs. This applies only if PowerPoint is installed in the target machine. The default is 3, which loads the toolbar. You can set this option to 2 to not load the toolbar for Microsoft PowerPoint.
OFFICECREATESHORTCUTS: Specify whether to create a shortcut for MicroStrategy Office in the Windows Start menu. The default is 1, which creates the shortcut. You can set this option to 0 to exclude the creation of this shortcut.