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Microsoft

Jan 03, 2018

Configuring fallback for Office 365 ProPlus updates in Configuration Manager

Starting with version 1706 of System Center Configuration Manager a new option is available allowing administrators to enable clients to fall back to the Microsoft Office CDN when deploying Office 36...

JeremyTBradshaw

Iron Contributor

Aug 18, 2018

Thanks for the writeup, I'm a little late here but have a question I'm hoping you can answer. Is this same functionality available using the ODT or GPO/Intune MDM Policy? I see there is an "AllowCdnFallback" option in the ODT configuration XML (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployoffice/configuration-options-for-the-office-2016-deployment-tool#allowcdnfallback-attribute-part-of-add-element) but that seems to be for deployment (ODT download/configure modes), but not for updates.

chhopkin

Microsoft

Aug 20, 2018

Hi Jeremy,

This is a different fall back mechanism.

The 'AllCdnFallback' option that you use with ODT is specific to the installation of language packs. It allows you to install Office from a local source (like a network share) but if you forgot to download a language pack or MatchOS discovered a language pack that was not downloaded to your local source, having this fall back option on allows the ODT to download the language pack(s) that it needs directly from the CDN. Note: this option is not compatible with Application deployment via SCCM.

The option available in SCCM applies to updates. If a client is told by SCCM to update but the update is not yet available on the distribution point, the client is allowed to get the update directly from the CDN.

Cheers,

Chris