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TLDR;

I'm looking for a method for installing Office 2016 Pro Plus VL using ODT in 2020.

My workplace just updated all employee computers to Windows 10, but a few of them have to be reverted back to Windows 7 due to exotic legacy software. Office 2019 no longer supports Windows 7, so I would like to install Office 2016 for these computers. However I am not sure whether the current Office Deployment Tool still supports download and install of Office 2016. Specifically, I'm not sure which product ID corresponds to Office 2016 Pro Plus VL edition, for which my company has license keys.

So can I use ODT for this install? If so, do I have to use an older version of ODT, or am I fine with the newest ODT and just need a working configuration XML? Does anyone have a copy of those files?

Edit:

Using ID="O365ProPlusRetail" does not work. ODT will try and fail to install Office 2019. Also I am looking for VL edition, not retail edition.

cyqsimon
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I do not think your needs could be achieved.

As Office ProPlus 2016 belongs to Office with MSI technology, but ODT (Office Deployment Tool) is apply to Office with C2R technology, such as Microsoft 365, Office 2019, the retail versions of Office 2013 and Office 2016.

There is no Product ID for Office ProPlus 2016 in "List of Product IDs which are supported by the Office Deployment Tool for Click-to-Run".

To deploy volume licensed Office 2016 and 2013, we could use OCT (Office Customization Tool) to customize MSI-based Office.

More detailed information, please checkout "Customize installations of Office 2013".

Emily
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The Office Deployment Tool treats any product ID without a version specifier as Office 2016, so ID="ProPlusVolume" should be what you want, although I haven't tested it.

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