Office 365 ProPlus is a Click-to-Run product, and users can download and install it directly from the Office 365 portal, or organizations can deploy it from an intranet location. And Microsoft can patch the product more easily while you use Office, updates stream in the background.ĭespite the new distribution technology, old-school management tools can be used to control and deploy Office Click-to-Run, including Group Policy settings. Office Click-to-Run is up-to-date from the get-go, so there’s no need to search for and apply updates when provisioning new devices. And because Office Click-To-Run executes in an environment that’s isolated from other apps and Windows, it’s possible to run the latest version of Office alongside earlier versions. There are several advantages to distributing Office with Click-to-Run, as opposed to a traditional Windows Installer package.įirst, because the components stream in the background, you can start using the apps without waiting for an entire package to download. Microsoft distributes Office 2016 to consumers and Office 365 users using Click-To-Run, a streaming and virtualization technology that’s based on App-V.

In today’s Ask the Admin, I’ll show you how to customize Office 2016 Click-to-Run installations for use in your organization.

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