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We have installed MS Office 2016 using the MSI installer. Our WSUS server currently just provides important and security updates, but we now noticed that some issues we have with the product were fixed with feature updates.

Now the question is how do we most effectively update our almost two year old installation to the latest build? Just enabling all updates on WSUS may result in bad user experience with multiple restarts. It looks like there is none and never will be any service pack or another cumulative update. Are there any alternatives?

Thanks

KenavR
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Just enabling all updates on WSUS may result in bad user experience with multiple restarts. It looks like there is none and never will be any service pack or another cumulative update.

Office 2016 and Office 2019 only recieve monthly cumaltive security updates. Office 2016 and Office 2019 do not recieve new features.

Now the question is how do we most effectively update our almost two year old installation to the latest build?

If you were using the Click 2 Run (C2R) installation all you have to do is open Word, and select, Update Options -> Update Now

  1. Open any Office app, such as Word, and create a new document.

  2. Go to File > Account (or Office Account if you opened Outlook).

  3. Under Product Information, choose Update Options > Update Now.

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Source: Install Office updates

Since you are using the MSI Installer you have to download and distribute the update manually.

Source: Latest updates for versions of Office that use Windows Installer (MSI)

Ramhound
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I agree with Ramhound. Since you want to update for Office 2016 MSI version, you can download the history update KB from here. update history

Have you used SCCM? If you have a SCCM environment, it is recommended to deploy update patches with SCCM, because SCCM is more reliable, more automated, more flexible, and easier to implement than WSUS. You can use SCCM to deploy multiple patches at once.

Bella
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