Ability to get "out of band" updates in ProPlus

You cannot really update a specific component of C2R install, and that's one of the major issues with this model. I can recall numerous cases where upgrading to a new build in order to fix say issue with Skype resulted in hitting a new issue in Outlook, introduced with the new build. They might release a fix for specific issue in and out-of-band branch update, but those are tied in to specfic channel usually, which I guess is what the above MS statement means.

There is a standalone SfB client (with MSI or C2R version), which might give you a bit flexibility here. Though I havent played with the update settings there so I'm not sure if you can force it to use a different channel, while keeping Office on the Deferred.

Otherwise, switching to FR for Deferred isnt that scary, but yes, it will require some preparation and planning due to the update size. Anyway, let's see what others have to say about this, I'm not really dealing with Office updates lately.