Questions tagged [office-deployment-tool]

Office Deployment Tool is a Microsoft utility allowing administrators to configure installations, uninstallations, downloads, and updates to Office 2013 and Office 2016 using a fixed XML configuration file.

The Office Deployment Tool is a Microsoft utility that allows administrators to configure installations, downloads, updates, and uninstall Office 2013 and Office 2016.

Use this tag for questions about how to use the admin configuration tool.

For questions about the Microsoft Office products, please use one of the related tags below.

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Office Deployment Tool won't recognise downloaded install files and tries to re-download

I'm trying to install Office 2016 (business subscription) using the Office Deployment Tool 2016 (ODT) from a pre-downloaded install package. Microsoft Support have supplied me with the 1.06GB installation package, which I have downloaded and placed…
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Is it possible to enable logging or any kind of debug mode for the Office Deployment Tool?

I'm having a difficult issue with installing Office 2016 using the Office Deployment Tool (ODT). The problem is compounded by the fact that I can't see any way to get information about what ODT is actually doing - it simply gives this vague status…
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Still possible to deploy Office 2016 using ODT in 2020?

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…
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ODT Visio 2019 installation will not accept volume license key

I am trying to get Visio 2019 installed via ODT. After executing ODT and installing Visio, no matter what product ID I attempt to use in the configuration XML, I get the error "This product key is for the volume-licensed version of Microsoft Visio…
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Office Deployment Tool doesn't work

I am trying to use the Office Deployment Tool to deploy only the "Office 365 Access Runtime". I created the following config using the Office Customization Tool:
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Configure.xml for installing Office365 an an Azure remote desktop

We have a server in Azure that runs remote desktop that our users log into via the rdweb interface. I would like to install the complete Office365 there in such a way that every user would need to enter their credentials upon the fist use the…
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issues activating Office Professional Plus 2019 installed using deployment and retaining only the deployed apps

I have a handful of legit/legal Office Professional Plus 2019 keys. I use the deployment method to install because I only want to install specific apps (Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint). The installation works fine but when I go to activate I…
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Is group policy management available only on Windows server 2003,2008 or 2012 only?

Hi i want to know that is Is group policy management available only on Windows server 2003,2008 or 2012 only or we can do that on windows 7 or 8 also. i want to manage software deployment on 10 machines using group policy management.