How to install Office using the Office Deployment Tool
Office 365 and 2019 now only come with one click Office Deployment Tool (ODT). This is a command-line tool that you can use to download and deploy Click-to-Run versions of office to your client computers. Typically most admins install office by downloading the MAK key with an ISO; this change starting with office 2016 where the office deployment tool was provided. Now Office 2019 only allows you to install via the office deployment tool.
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Microsoft Volume Licensing Service Center – Office 2019 Download |
So what you now need for Office deployment are essentially two files. The Office Deployment Tool which can be found here https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=49117 and the configuration.xml file. You can read about the full details here https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployoffice/office2019/deploy
***UPDATE July 10, 2019***
Now you don’t have to hand code your configuration any longer. Microsoft has released a Office Customization Tool for creating your click to run configuration file.
https://config.office.com/deploymentsettings
It is simple and easy to use. It also solved an issue I was having with office displaying the error on the install run “this product cannot be installed on the selected update channel”
***End of Update***
Here is the easy how to do this.
Create a file called configuration.xml Below is the XML required to run the ODT.
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Office ODT Configuration XML File |
The parts your will want to edit are the SourcePath=”Path to save downloaded office files (can be network or local)
ID which can be any of the following
- – ProPlus2019Volume
- – Standard2019Volume
- – ProjectPro2019Volume
- – ProjectStd2019Volume
- – VisioPro2019Volume
- – VisioStd2019Volume
PIDKEY (Your Office MAK Key)
The ODT is run from the cmd prompt as administrator. For simplicity I put everything in C:\office
cd to the directory with the setup.exe and if you haven’t downloaded office run
setup.exe /download configuration.xml
once that has completed run
setup.exe /configure configuration.xml
you should see an output similar to the one shown below.
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CMD Prompt Commands for running ODT |
when you run the setup.exe /configure configuration.xml because we have setup you should see the office install splash, and this can be changed so it installs office silently.
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