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Office 365 Pro Plus - Closes All Office apps when updates are deployed
Rob Fuller, After bringing this to our SCCM DSE, he found that this was hardcoded within SCCM and was being changed in a newer build of SCCM. I believe 1806 or even 1810 might have included the change. Since then, we have not had any issues with Office Pro Plus clients force closing when updates are installed. It behaves very similarly to how the MSI version of Office behaves when installing updates.
update: the last couple of Office 365 patches delivered by SCCM provides a prompt that office applications need to close to apply updates. Once updates are finished applying, the office applications re-open.
Christopher Hadwin and community, I recently blogged on this topic. It discusses end user behavior and workflow.. just scroll down to the SCCM section. If there is something you would like to see added, let me know and I'll update in FAQ
Understanding Office 365 ProPlus Updates for IT Pros (CDN vs SCCM)