Forum Discussion
Office 365 apps are closing randomly on MacOS
- Jul 12, 2024
Michael1240, the fix is done by there side on the back end of Intune since it is Intune that is causing the issue with the Microsoft 365 apps for MacOS package. I changed my assignment on that from Required to Available for Enrolled Devices and it stopped everything from crashing. I will put it back once it is confirmed it is resolved. Now in my portal it is showing my machine, another machine I enrolled, and 2 other machines that are showing pending Install status and it was not like that yesterday afternoon when I made the change. They were all showing as installed. I hope they fix this, but it won't be done until 2PM EST today. Fingers are crossed
AJMACagrrrrrrrrrrr I HATE Intune so much!! It's so buggy. I have exactly the same issue. And indeed, in Intune, we see an "Install Pending" status.
Both are Microsoft products—how hard is it to fix this problem!? It looks like this has been a known issue since May 2023. It's strange that I started seeing this problem only a few days ago, never before, to be honest.
- rico_roodenburgJul 11, 2024Brass Contributor
AJMAC yeah indeed. But then another problem will come in: you can't deploy *.PKG files as AVAILABLE. Only REQUIRED. Microsoft 365 Apps installer comes with a PKG file (https://support.microsoft.com/nl-nl/office/microsoft-365-of-office-2021-op-een-pc-of-mac-downloaden-en-opnieuw-installeren-4414eaaf-0478-48be-9c42-23adc4716658#InstallSteps=Install_on_a_Mac).
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/intune/apps/macos-unmanaged-pkg#step-6---assignments
- AJMACJul 11, 2024Copper Contributor
rico_roodenburg That is true, I guess the best workaround is to install apps from VPP, they have the ability to installed properly via Company portal. If You do not have OneDrive silent sync on, then there should be no problem deploying it, because the managed backup function requires Standalone Onedrive or the Onedrive provided by Microsoft and not by Apple.