By Mike Danoski – Sr. Program Manager | Microsoft Endpoint Manager - Intune
10/6/21 Update: With the September 2021 Intune release, these steps are no longer required to set Office to the Month...
Updated Dec 19, 2023
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Intune_Support_Team - Do you have a timeline when adding support for the additional Monthly Enterprise Channel value in our Administrative Templates policy. You have been recommending to Enterprises for over a year now - https://twitter.com/DavidTaig/status/1256424746100523008:computer_mouse: on Twitter: "Get feature updates for Office every month. Global Admins this will improve User experience during this Pandemic! #Office365ProPlus #Microsoft365Apps #Office365 https://t.co/F2ZakAOwbj https://t.co/KWn8YanzK9" / Twitter
For customers that are Cloud only, there are few options!
Not applicable - 1. Monthly Enterprise Channel not in ADMX template
Not feasible - 2. Edit the Office app suite on Intune portal. The update will fail with error “An update could not be installed because Office applications are open”
Maybe - 3. As Microsoft 365 Apps admin center - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployoffice/admincenter/servicing-profile was silently GA this week, do we focus our efforts on this however has reporting issues in Devices tab, Using AAD Group (6 devices) only showing 2 devices and Azure Active Directory registered devices are not supported at this time!
Not Tested 4. Delete the existing Microsoft 365 Apps for Windows 10 app from the Intune and create a new one with desired settings. MS Support has tested in lab, however no customers have reported they are using this method