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OFFICE 2016 PROPLUS Speaker: Andrew Price | Office Servers and Services MVP Company: Freedom Communications Position: Technical Consultant

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OFFICE 2016 PROPLUS

Speaker: Andrew Price | Office Servers and Services MVP

Company: Freedom Communications

Position: Technical Consultant

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PREVIOUSLY ON ….

Office 365 Click to Run from the Trenches

http://www.ucbug.co.uk/event-02-slides-november-2014/

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WHAT'S IN1. System Requirements increased

2. Office 2016 Deployment Tool - NEW

3. Branch Updates - NEW

4. Additional Language Support (200mb) - NEW

5. Administrative Templates for Group Policy http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=49030- NEW

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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Computer and processor Memory (RAM) Hard Disk Display

1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster x86- or x64-bit processor with SSE2 instruction set

1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit); 2 gigabytes (GB) RAM (64-bit)

3.0 gigabytes (GB) available

1024 x 576 or higher resolution monitor

Computer and processor Memory (RAM) Hard Disk Display

1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster x86-bit or x64-bit processor with SSE2 instruction set

2 GB RAM 3.0 GB available diskspace

1280 x 800 screen resolution

Office 2013 Requirements

Office 2016 Requirements

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OFFICE 2016 DEPLOYMENT TOOL

Office 2016 Deployment Tool

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=49117

Version: File Name: Date Published: File Size:

2016 OfficeDeploymentTool.exe 9/21/2015 1.8 MB

Office 2013 Deployment Tool

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=49117

Version:File Name: Date Published: File Size:

1.02 OfficeDeploymentTool_x86_4747-1000.exe 12/08/2015 821KB

How big was the previous version?

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BRANCH UPDATES

Update Branch Primary Purpose How Often released Default update branch for the following products

Current Branch Provide users with the newest features of Office as soon as they're available.

Monthly Visio Pro for Office 365Project Pro for Office 365Office 365 Business, which is the version of Office that comes with some Office 365 plans, such as Business Premium.

Current Branch for Business Provide users with new features of Office only a few times a year.

Every four months Office 365 ProPlus

First Release for Current Branch for Business

Provide pilot users and application compatibility testers the opportunity to test the next Current Branch for Business.

Monthly None

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FIRST RELEASE CBB

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CONFIGURING BRANCH UPDATES

To configure the update branch for an Office 365 ProPlus installation, you can use the latest version of the Office Deployment Tool or the latest version of the Group Policy Administrative Templates files (ADMX/ADML) for Office 2016.

Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Microsoft Office 2016 (Machine)\Updates.

Whats are the 3 cmdlets used for branches?

Current Branch - CurrentCurrent Branch for Business - BusinessFirst Release for Current Branch - Validation

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MANAGING BRANCHES VIA XML

<Add SourcePath=”\\server01\office” OfficeClientEdition=”32″ Branch=”Current”>

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CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH

Be careful with the configuration.xml!!!

http://lyncme.co.uk/office365/quicktips-the-importance-of-configuration-xml-this-installation-requires-a-compatible-microsoft-office-program/

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GROUP POLICY TEMPLATES

Below are the new policies in the preview release of the Office 2016

Administrative Template files (ADMX/ADML) and Office Customization Tool.

Please see the the ADMX and OPAX sheets for more information about each

policy.

Application SettingExcel Block macros from running in Office files from the InternetOffice Suite Send personal informationOffice Suite Conversion Service OptionsOffice Suite PowerPoint Designer OptionsOffice Suite Hide built-in shape style presetsOffice Suite Office document cache locationOffice Suite Offline Mode for Document Information PanelOffice Suite Document Information Panel Beaconing UIOffice Suite Update Branch

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=49030

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HOLD ON LETS DO SOME MATHS

Current + Business + Validation =

3 Versions of Office to manage

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LANGUAGE SUPPORT

Its Changed !! Language packs is no longer supported.

Welcome…. Language Accessory Pack

Language Native nameExtent of localization

Description Link

Afrikaans Afrikaans Partial

The pack includes your selected display language for some Office applications and includes proofing tools.

Download

Albanian Shqip Partial

The pack includes your selected display language for some Office applications and includes proofing tools.

Download

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WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE

•Open any Office program and then click File > Options > Language.

•Under Choose Editing Languages, make sure that the language you want to use is added to this list.

•If the language accessory pack includes proofing tools for that language, the Proofing column shows Installed.

•Under Choose Display and Help languages, you can change the default display and help languages for all your Office applications.

•If the language accessory pack contained display and help for the language, you should see it listed here.

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WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE XML STYLE

<Configuration>

<Add SourcePath="c:\OneDrive" OfficeClientEdition="64">

<Product ID="GrooveRetail" >

<Language ID="en-us" />

<Language ID=“ga-IE” />

</Product>

</Add>

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WHAT'S OUT

1. Office 2016 doesn’t support Exchange 2007

2. No direct upgrade from 2013 to 2016 until February 2016

3. No coexistence with Office 2013 ProPlus or Volume Licenced Products

4. Office 2013 ProPlus support ends September 2016

5. InfoPath 2013 removed from 2016

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PUTTING THE MISSING PROGRAMS BACK

InfoPath 2013 for Office 365 ProPlus Subscription

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48734

SharePoint Designer 2013

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35491

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UPGRADING TO OFFICE 2016

You will be forced to Office 2016 in February 2016 if you updating via CND (Office Content Delivery Network)

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OR MOVE TO OFFICE 2016 NOW

This hasnt changed!!!

• Group Policy

• Manual

• Office 365 Portal

• App-V

• SCCM

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DEMO

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Q&A

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SAD FACE TIME – OFFICE 365 NEWS

https://www.petri.com/microsoft-makes-changes-to-office-365-removes-unlimited-onedrive-storage

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MS EVENT

Data Culture Technical Day 9th December

http://aka.ms/dataculture

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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSOR