TFS Build Agent and Office PIA

Question

I'm currently investigation TFS 2012 automated builds/build agents

The situation I have is that I have:

• A legacy solution that builds Office 2007 Addins
• A test build controller
• Two test build agents, one in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2012
• No visual studio or office installed on a build agent.

In order to get the build agent to compile the project, I need to install the Office 2007 PIA libraries installed on the build agent. I've managed to do this on the Windows 7 machine, because it had office on it, as part of the standard image.

However the Server 2012 machine does not, as it's a windows server.

When I try to install Office 2007 PIA redistributable library, it stops me because Office is not installed. My first thought is that I should be reluctant to install office because:

• It's office, I shouldn't install office on a server
• I have to investigate licensing

Is there a way of installing the Office 2007 PIA on windows server without office?

I'm ok with manual install if I need to.

Answer 1

Just install office in order to satisfy the pre-install requirements for the pia library

Answer 2

The standalone redistributable can be found here and unless they have changed the requirements office does not need to be installed. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=3508