Office 365 ProPlus Monthly Updates

Martin Nothnagel

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Office 365 ProPlus Servicing Overview

Implementation options

Tools

Implementation example

Agenda

Office 365 ProPlus Servicing Overview

Calculated deltas

Background updating

Deltas are calculated and downloaded in background

Several options to provide IT controls

Flexible options for management,

controlTake control of change

Manage change via small ripples, rather than large, disruptive waves

Consistency enables process automation

Enables agility

Reduces time to get new features to user

Monthly, cumulative builds

Builds, rather than updates

Provided monthly. Contains security, non-security changes.

Cumulative…At most one update away from evergreen

Implementation options

Overview Push

Transfer source files to client before initiating update

Automatic UpdateOffice client checks daily for updates and applies them

All-at-onceAll clients are treated equal

PullTransfer files during update from central location or cloud

Full controlControl when and how updates are applied

Multiple wavesStaged distribution to reduce risk

Push or Pull? Push

Brings the whole build down onto the client machine

Network traffic happens before update gets applied (1 GB+)

Utilizes System Center ConfMgr and all features of it

Pull

Update hosted in your backend, Office client pulls it down

Network traffic happens during installation (< 1 GB)

Update location (UNC/HTTP/CDN) specified during install or by group policy

Automatic or Full Control Automatic

Office client checks daily

Downloads update in background

Notifies user after three days

Full Control

Automatic updates disabled

OfficeC2RClient.exe

Enable Automatic updates, trigger discovery and installation, disable Automatic updates via command-line

All-at-once or multiple waves All-at-once

Make update available to all clients at the same time

Point all clients to one/nearest location

Test updates separately

Multiple waves

Update clients in two or more waves

Point clients to different locations based on “wave-membership”

Streamlined testing on-the-go

No “one size fits all”.Mix & Match.

Overview Push

Transfer source files to client before initiating update

Automatic UpdateOffice client checks daily for updates and applies them

All-at-onceAll clients are treated equal

PullTransfer files during update from central location or cloud

Full controlControl when and how updates are applied

Multiple wavesStaged distribution to reduce risk

Tools

Office Deployment Tool To download the source files into your environment

Group Policy settings & preferencesTo enable/disable Automatic updates and specify source file location

OfficeC2RClient.exeTo initiate and/or take full control of the update process

Overview

Setup.exe to download/install/convert Office

Download is ~1 GB + 100 MB per language

Needed if your clients don‘t update from the cloud

Office Deployment Tool

Manage Update ConfigurationEnable Automatic UpdatesHide option to enable or disable updatesUpdate Version / Deadline / PathDisable Update notifications

Leverage full power of GP policies and preferences

Security group or item-level filteringOrganizational UnitActive Directory Site

Group Policy Settings to Manage Updates

Administrative templates including spreadsheet laying out all options and registry keys

Office Deployment Support team blog article about update settings

Controls update detection and installationupdatepromptuserForceappshutdownDisplaylevelupdatetoversion

Located in %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX86 | ClientX64\OfficeC2RClient.exe

OfficeC2RClient.exe

Office Deployment Support team blog article about OfficeC2RClient.exe

Implementation example

Download source filesOffice Deployment Tool

Set Automatic Update & Update locationGroup policy setting and preference

Implement a staged deploymentScheduled tasksGroup policy preferences

Pull + Automatic + Multiple waves

Demo

Let’s add more control …

Office Telemetry

Report detected issues & performance

Determine frequency of documents & solutions used

Manage add-ins & solutions

Track deployments

Office Telemetry Enables

ActiveX Macros Builds Scope

Mining Data from the Dashboard

Additional Resources

Scheduled Task

triggered

3 or 6 days have

passed?

Prompt user via Toast or

Business Bar

Download delta

Update Office

Do nothing

Open Office apps

Yes

Yes Yes Yes

No No No

No

No Yes

Yes

No Office process

es running?

Ready to

apply?

User selects apply?

Select “Close

programs?”

New build

available?

How Automatic Updates Work

Additional Ressources

Microsoft Virtual AcademyOffice 365 ProPlus Deployment for IT Pros (Module 6)

Office Deployment Support Blog

Office IT Pro BlogManaging Updates for Office 365 ProPlus – Part 1Managing Updates for Office 365 ProPlus – Part 2

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OFC-B355 Office 365 ProPlus Deployment Deep dive

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