OFFICE 2016 PROPLUS
Speaker: Andrew Price | Office Servers and Services MVP
Company: Freedom Communications
Position: Technical Consultant
WHO AM I?
Andrew J. Price
Technical Consultant for
Freedom Commuincations
Microsoft Office Servers and
Services MVP
www.lyncme.co.uk
www.ucday.co.uk
www.ucbug.co.uk
@legendarytechy
@ucdayuk
@ucbug
Passionate about Skype for
Business and Office 365
PREVIOUSLY ON ….
Office 365 Click to Run from the Trenches
http://www.ucbug.co.uk/event-02-slides-november-2014/
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
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
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?
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
FIRST RELEASE CBB
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
MANAGING BRANCHES VIA XML
<Add SourcePath=”\\server01\office” OfficeClientEdition=”32″ Branch=”Current”>
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/
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
HOLD ON LETS DO SOME MATHS
Current + Business + Validation =
3 Versions of Office to manage
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
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.
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>
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
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
UPGRADING TO OFFICE 2016
You will be forced to Office 2016 in February 2016 if you updating via CND (Office Content Delivery Network)
OR MOVE TO OFFICE 2016 NOW
This hasnt changed!!!
• Group Policy
• Manual
• Office 365 Portal
• App-V
• SCCM
DEMO
Q&A
SAD FACE TIME – OFFICE 365 NEWS
https://www.petri.com/microsoft-makes-changes-to-office-365-removes-unlimited-onedrive-storage
MS EVENT
Data Culture Technical Day 9th December
http://aka.ms/dataculture
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