MSI, App-V, SCCM, Appsense, Citrix. This blog contains hints and tips on these technologies. Primarily it is an online notebook of items that I may need to refer to in the future, or things I constantly forget!
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