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How to update Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise (aka Office) on WVD?
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\ClickToRun\Configuration\UpdatesEnabled
Enable it there and then check via a random Office application under Account> Update Options. You should be able to trigger an update that way.
Don't forget to change the regkey back before sysprepping.
- Did changing the Registry Key to toggle Office 365 update work for you guys in your AVD Desktop Image Template HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\ClickToRun\Configuration\UpdatesEnabled
I tried it and it seemed to work. I wanted to see if there where any other issues doing it this way vs Creating a configuation.xml file from Office 365 Deplpyment tool.David_Lafferty hi - how long do you leave the reg key on true for before office updates? Does it then update automatically? I’m looking at exactly this problem but automating it by PowerShell, but I can’t get an exe to launch remotely so looking at this method.
thanks
matt
Sorry for the late response. I opened Word on the AVD Image Template and it allowed me to update Office. I chose "Update" and it started immediately. Then after im completed i put that registry key back to False. That way i have more control of when I want to update rather than some auto update or backend that im not aware of. If there is an easier way of doing this process kindly let me know Im open to anything that makes our life easier. Mattwestby
- Great! They don't make that registry key easy to find.
Now why is it so critical that updates are disabled on the deployed session hosts? It seems to me that I will want to go through the process of updating an image, capturing the image to the gallery, and deploying new hosts to the pool from the new image as infrequently as possible, because it's kind of a pain. If an Office update is the only change that's needed, why not have a way to do that directly on a machine in production, even if it means having all the users log out for a bit? (I understand that I can use this registry switch you just taught me to accomplish the task, but that seems to be a workaround rather than a suggested method.)Was there ever a resolution to this issue. As you stated, it seems incredibly burdensome to have to hack the template/image and recreate hosts (especially when there remain some things that cannot be completed on the template, requiring domain join)
I have lots of unhappy users and do not look forward to all the work.
- Not that I know of, but I'm scheduled to attend a webinar tomorrow (12-Jan-2022) called "Best Practices to Deploy and Operate Azure Virtual Desktop" so perhaps I'll get some updated info about that.
