Office 365 update path doubt..

[kamesh_ss]

Hello all,

Our Microsoft/Office 365 deployment is done by downloading the Office package via ODT with the following XML:

<Configuration>
<Add OfficeClientEdition="64" SourcePath="\\network-share\microsoft\office\o365">
<Product ID="O365BusinessRetail" >
<Language ID="en-us" />
<ExcludeApp ID="Access" />
<ExcludeApp ID="Groove" />
<ExcludeApp ID="Lync" />
<ExcludeApp ID="OneDrive" />
<ExcludeApp ID="Teams" />
<ExcludeApp ID="Publisher" />
</Product>
</Add>
<Updates Enabled="False" />
<Display Level="None" AcceptEULA="TRUE" />
</Configuration>

We were version controlling before, but we didn't set up our WSUS to pull updates for Office products. Now, we would like to have a central location, other than the SourcePath mentioned above, to pull the latest updates via setup.exe. I have a config file for that:

<Configuration>  
  <Add SourcePath="\\network-share\microsoft\office-updates" OfficeClientEdition="64" Channel="MonthlyEnterprise">
        <Product ID="O365BusinessRetail">
            <Language ID="en-us"/>
         <ExcludeApp ID="Access" />
         <ExcludeApp ID="Groove" />
         <ExcludeApp ID="Lync" />
         <ExcludeApp ID="OneDrive" />
         <ExcludeApp ID="Teams" />
         <ExcludeApp ID="Publisher" />
        </Product>
  </Add>
</Configuration>

We could set a GPO to look at \\network-share\microsoft\office-updates for all the systems: Policies -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2016 (Machine)/Updates -> Update Path.

My question is, do we have to set Updates Enabled = TRUE while installing itself (from the first XML file)? Or does it not matter? It's a bit confusing from the Microsoft documentation as to how it works.

I would like to utilize the Update Path feature. Please let me know how it works and how I need to proceed next.

Thanks in advance.