SharePoint (and Project Server) Shenanigans

Following on from my previous post Customising the Project Professional install, this post looks at slipstreaming the Project Professional 2010 updates into the Project install media. This simplifies the install as there is just one install file to run. This post will look at slipstreaming Service Pack 1 and the June 2011 Cumulative update into the Project 2010 install media. The same process applies for Project Professional 2007 but use the 2007 updates. This process also applies for other Microsoft Office applications with the relevant updates.

Firstly download the following updates:

• Project 2010 Service pack 1 – KB 2460052
• Project 2010 June 2011 Cumulative Update – KB 2536590

For the purpose of this post, I have both of the updates on the root of the C:\ drive, if you have the updates in a different location please update the commands to reflect the file location.

Create an Updates folder on the root of the C:\ drive

Open Command Prompt, navigate to the root of the C:\ drive and type the following command to extract Project 2010 SP1 to the new Updates folder:

project2010sp1-kb2460052-x86-fullfile-en-us.exe /extract:C:\Updates

Press Enter and accept the license agreement in the pop up box, you will then see the files extracting dialog box

Once complete you will then see installation complete message:

Click OK then you will see the extracted files in the C:\Updates folder:

Copy the contents of the C:\Updates folder and paste the contents into the Updates folder in the install media.

Once the files have been copied to the Updates folder in the install media for Project Professional 2010, delete all of the files from the C:\Updates folder so that you are ready to extract the Project 2010 June 2011 CU.

Open Command Prompt again and navigate to the root of the C:\ drive then type the following command to extract the Project 2010 June 2011 Cumulative Update to the Updates folder:

project2010-kb2536590-fullfile-x86-glb.exe /extract:C:\Updates

Press Enter and accept the license agreement in the pop up box, you will then see the files extracting dialog box appear followed by the  installation complete message:

Click OK then you will see the extracted files in the C:\Updates folder:

Copy the contents of the C:\Updates folder and paste the contents into the Updates folder in the install media.

Now the updates have been extracted to the Updates folder in the installation media for Project Professional 2010, the updates will be applied when Project Professional 2010 is installed.