Thursday, April 6, 2017

MS Office 2016 deployment notes and advice


This is probably the MOST important page.  What can you deploy\install with what regarding Project and Visio.  Pay attention at the back.
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt712177%28v=office.16%29.aspx#How%20to%20determine%20whether%20you%27re%20using%20a%20Click-to-Run%20or%20MSI%20installation

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/gladiatormsft/2015/04/16/on-office-with-app-v-planning-for-a-virtual-office-deployment/

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/itpro/mdop/appv-v5/deploying-microsoft-office-2016-by-using-app-v

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/itpro/mdop/appv-v5/planning-for-using-app-v-with-office

https://redmondmag.com/articles/2015/09/22/office-2016-install-caveats.aspx

http://packageology.com/2016/08/office-365-app-v/

Supported scenarios for deploying Microsoft Office as an App-V package
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2772509/supported-scenarios-for-deploying-microsoft-office-as-an-app-v-package

Potential problems if you have Outlook 2016 or 2013 and an earlier version of Outlook installed on the same computer
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2782408/potential-problems-if-you-have-outlook-2016-or-2013-and-an-earlier-ver

Overview of Click-to-Run (C2R)
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/jj219427.aspx

Checking Click-to-Run (C2R) type install
http://windowsitpro.com/microsoft-office/determining-if-office-installation-click-run-or-not

How to create an Office 2016 App-V Package
https://msitproblog.com/2015/11/14/how-to-create-an-office-2016-appv-package/
Note the volume licensing restriction on this now.  Subscription type activation only, is available.
See my post here on how to achieve this.

Office Deployment Tool (ODT) Overview
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Overview-of-the-Office-2016-Deployment-Tool-bb5b62d9-1168-47e9-9d54-15a958acfcca

ODT supported product IDs
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2842297/product-ids-that-are-supported-by-the-office-deployment-tool-for-click

ODT xml configuration file options
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Configuration-options-for-the-Office-2016-Deployment-Tool-d3879f0d-766c-469c-9440-0a9a2a905ca8?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US#bkmk_productelement

Channels Explained
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Overview-of-update-channels-for-Office-365-ProPlus-9ccf0f13-28ff-4975-9bd2-7e4ea2fefef4?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US

Office 365 Updates
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/update-history-office365-proplus-by-date