Deploying Office 2016, 2013 or 2010 using the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit
This blog was submitted by Jeremy Chapman, director on the Office team Many organizations use the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) to deploy Windows with Office to new computers or when re-imaging...
View ArticleChanges to monthly Public Updates schedule for MSI-based updates
Starting April, 2016, MSI-based non-security updates will be released on the first Tuesday of each month and MSI-based security updates will be released (as usual) on the second Tuesday of each month....
View ArticleRolling your Office 2013 ProPlus clients back to the March build due to...
After you install the April 5, 2016, update for Outlook 2013 (KB3114941), you may experience random crashes of Microsoft Lync 2013 (Skype for Business) or Microsoft Outlook 2013, or both. This issue is...
View ArticleUsers are being offered “Get the new Office” business bar to upgrade to 2016
Issue: If your organization has not taken steps to prevent the upgrade, users will start seeing the following business bar in their Office applications: Resolution: If you would like to stop...
View ArticleInstall/Update errors using the latest version of the Office Deployment Tool...
Issue: After the recent release of the Office Deployment Tool version 16.0.7118.5775 users are seeing issues with installs/updates due to not having the V32.cab data file come down with the source...
View ArticleHow big was this month’s Office ProPlus update?
Office 365 updates are designed to be very network bandwidth friendly. There is Binary Delta Compression that occurs so long as the machines are staying current and Office has built in throttles to...
View Article“Sorry, there was a problem while trying to connect to your account with...
**UPDATE** Our investigation determined that a certificate was recently deployed to replace an expiring certificate; however, we failed to initiate a process to whitelist the new certificate. We’ve...
View Article‘Update Now’ gone from Office backstage after build 1708 when configured to...
Starting on Version 1708 the ‘Update Now’ from the Office 365 Application backstage is no longer visible if the Office installation is also configured to receive updates through SCCM. This change was...
View ArticleHow to enable Office 365 ProPlus ULS logging
There are times during troubleshooting an Office issue when the traditional log settings are not gathering enough information. This could be for Sign-In issues, installation and patching issue, even...
View ArticleLync 2013 Shortcut Icon doesn’t change to Skype for Business after updating...
Issue: When customers install Office Professional Plus 2013 MSI or Lync 2013 MSI standalone and use the Office Customization Tool (OCT) to change the default Start Menu Shortcut path, after installing...
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