How to Distribute SBFM Over a Network (153277)

SUMMARY

You cannot perform an administrative setup (setup /a) for the Microsoft Small Business Financial Manager for Microsoft Excel (SBFM). However, you can put images of the three disks that ship with SBFM on a network server so that you can install SBFM onto a workstation from this server.

This article outlines the steps for copying the SBFM disk images to a network server.

MORE INFORMATION

Though Setup does not include a special network setup mode, you can distribute the Microsoft Small Business Financial Manager for Microsoft Excel over a network (provided you have obtained the appropriate licenses to do so). To do this, follow these steps:

On the network server, create a folder called SBFM.
In the SBFM folder, create three subfolders and name them Disk1, Disk2, and Disk3. The new folders should resemble the following
<drive:>\SBFM\Disk1
<drive:>\SBFM\Disk2
<drive:>\SBFM\Disk3
where <drive:> is the letter of the network drive.
Copy the contents of each of the Setup disks to the appropriate folder on the network server (that is, copy the contents of Disk 1 to the Disk1 folder, and so on).
Once the disk contents are copied to their respective folders on the network server, connect to this network share from the workstation to which you want to install SBFM.

NOTE: Each workstation must have a local installation of Microsoft Excel version 7.0.
Start the Setup program from the workstation by double-clicking the Setup.exe file that is in the \SBFM\Disk1 folder.

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

152662 SBFM: Installation Requirements and Limitations