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Christopher Hadwin
Jan 12, 2018Copper Contributor
Office 365 Pro Plus - Closes All Office apps when updates are deployed
We are currently testing Office 365 Pro Plus in hopes to replace the Office 2016 MSI install. We have Office 365 Pro Plus deployed as follows :
<Configuration> <Add OfficeClientEdition="32" ...
DBarnhart
Sep 18, 2019Copper Contributor
DaveGuenthner Christopher Hadwin You can recreate the configuration file to point to a specific update location. (AKA an Office folder that is manually updated by you / company) You can configure an XML file at https://config.office.com . I made an example for you to look at below. It is the text in Red.
<Configuration ID="9ec530f3-7a38-4a08-a125-fc673c704fba">
<Add OfficeClientEdition="64" Channel="Targeted" ForceUpgrade="TRUE">
<Product ID="O365ProPlusRetail">
<Language ID="MatchOS" />
<ExcludeApp ID="Groove" />
<ExcludeApp ID="OneNote" />
<ExcludeApp ID="Publisher" />
</Product>
</Add>
<Property Name="SharedComputerLicensing" Value="0" />
<Property Name="PinIconsToTaskbar" Value="FALSE" />
<Property Name="SCLCacheOverride" Value="0" />
<Property Name="AUTOACTIVATE" Value="0" />
<Property Name="FORCEAPPSHUTDOWN" Value="FALSE" />
<Property Name="DeviceBasedLicensing" Value="0" />
<Updates Enabled="FALSE" UpdatePath="\\server\shared" />
<Display Level="Full" AcceptEULA="TRUE" />
<Logging Level="Off" />
</Configuration>
DaveGuenthner
Microsoft
Sep 18, 2019DBarnhart Thanks for the suggestion. My take is to never use a on-premises file share because it has so many pitfalls. (IT Pro has to download all content and mirror CDN and when you consider all the different channels and architecture combinations cost of ownership is too high in my opinion) Also, for customers who use SCCM, this breaks it due to UpdatePath having priority. When possible use CDN or SCCM only.
- DBarnhartSep 18, 2019Copper ContributorIn https://config.office.com it will show you the option to add an exception for your SCCM or CDN connections.