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Heather_Poulsen

Updated Jun 23, 2025

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Maggie_Dakeva

Microsoft

Oct 16, 2025

Hi! Have you considered letting the Office apps install outside of Autopilot so users won't have to wait? And if that's not an option, could you share more about the challenge with this approach?

anandpladis1

Copper Contributor

Oct 16, 2025

Hi Maggie, thanks for replying. We purchase devices with ready to provision image (Windows 11 Ent, no retail bloatware), but Office 365 Apps are not included. After AutoPilot, deploying Office via Intune triggers a 16GB download due to language packs, which is time-consuming. Should we install Office 365 Apps before AutoPilot on the base image? What’s the best way to handle multiple language packs?