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Eric_Wayne
Microsoft
May 12, 2020New Microsoft 365 apps update channel names, new IT Pro guidance and a new channel!
Here are the latest news from Microsoft on the Microsoft 365 Apps (formerly known as Office 365 ProPlus):
A new channel is born
Monthly Enterprise Channel has arrived.
It combines the pow...
ChristianBergstrom
Dec 03, 2020Silver Contributor
Hi! Thanks for the super fast reply. That certainly is handy to know and something that - really - should be made more clear at the docs.
For both monthly and semi-annual for example.
”Non-security updates”
Once a month, on the second Tuesday of the month.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployoffice/overview-update-channels
For both monthly and semi-annual for example.
”Non-security updates”
Once a month, on the second Tuesday of the month.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployoffice/overview-update-channels
Eric_Wayne
Microsoft
Dec 03, 2020ChristianBergstrom - yeah, we should potentially word some of that differently in the article. We have in the past, although it is extremely rare, made a bug fix across all channels in a given month (out of band). We are very cautious about making changes to Semi-Annual Enterprise after it is published as we want to make as few changes to that release as possible. We will make security changes monthly, as that is a necessary code change risk for the greater good. Otherwise, we try to leave that build alone and recommend that channel for the mission critical devices in an organization that are running complex macros and home grown add-ins that need full pass testing. For the rest of the organization, we recommend the Monthly Enterprise Channel so they can get both fixes, and as you correctly called out, features sooner.
- ChristianBergstromDec 03, 2020Silver ContributorExcellent info. Really appreciate it, Eric.
- manoth_msftDec 07, 2020
Microsoft
In case someone is wondering, if this is documented somewhere: Overview of update channels for Microsoft 365 Apps - Deploy Office | Microsoft Docs, section "Non-security updates for Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel", third paragraph. There we documented that SAEC is a "stable" channel, which should not be confused with "the one with the highest number of bugfixes".
- ChristianBergstromDec 07, 2020Silver ContributorGreat, didn’t realize the page has been updated either. Good shout 👍