#OFFICE 2016 FOR MAC FOR MAC#
#OFFICE 2016 FOR MAC UPDATE#
#OFFICE 2016 FOR MAC UPGRADE#
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I also read a few discussions in JAMF Nation and there were a few recommendations to remove Office 2011 first and the run the Office 2016 installer.

#OFFICE 2016 FOR MAC LICENSE#

The Volume License installer already has the functionality of the VL Serializer built-in.

#OFFICE 2016 FOR MAC FOR MAC#

If I install the Volume License edition of OfficeД’016 for Mac from the ISO downloaded from the VLSC, do I still need to run the VL Serializer? I read an article from Microsoft and they mentioned that if we run the pkg from the VLSC we donвЂ™t need to run VL Serializer.

#OFFICE 2016 FOR MAC UPGRADE#

I am planning to just use the Self Service App to cache the Office 2016 installer on clients computers, after that I am still debating if it will be a good idea to have clients run the upgrade them selfs or just run it automatically for them. Before I start I am doing a lot of research so I can learn more about the Casper tools and hopefully chose the right option for this project.

Now I am in the process of upgrading Microsoft office (from 2011 to 2016) for all our users about 260 clients. I am new to the Mac admin world and my company just started using Casper. I hope this warning has been as helpful to you, as it was when shared it with us. ItвЂ™s been a great few weeks with the community sharing feedback with & some of us being able to test pre-release installers for Office. Well a little over a month ago a gentleman with the nick into the #microsoft-office channel on the Slack, this was awesomeВ as is a:В Software engineer for Office for Mac/iOS at Microsoft, a fellow Brit & nice guy. What happens if I carry on copying the ist?ДЎ5.17 is the first release with theВ вЂњMicrosoft_Office_2016_VL_Serializer.pkgвЂќ, from 15.20 (scheduled for Q1 2016) you will have to use the correct license. To be clear,В this will only affect you if using the Volume Licensed version of Office 2016 & not the Office365 version. So again, can be added post imaging & thenВ the suite will be correctly serialised. Running this will correctly serialise the Office 2016 suite, & should be run from the Mac thatвЂ™s running the suite. However, to enable Office 2016 to be correctly licensed in the multitude of deployment scenarios that we mac admins employ, & his team have created theВ вЂњMicrosoft_Office_2016_VL_Serializer.pkgвЂќ To install Office 2016 from another volume & have the serialisation work, cache it locally on the Mac being imaged & install on first boot or if using Casper Imaging checkВ вЂњInstall on boot drive after ImagingвЂќ for the PKG from within Casper Admin. (Please donвЂ™tВ deploy Office 2016 via a Composer snap shot, use the pkg).ДЄlso, if you install Office 2016 whilst booted to another volume (as in when installing via a NetBoot or NetInstall volume or something like Target Mode Imaging), again theВ serialisation will not work. So if you employ monolithic imaging or deploy Office 2016 via a Composer snap shot etc, the serialisation will not work. This device based serialisation is based around the generating a license on the Mac that is to be running Office 2016. Which means that deploying the plistВ /Library/Preferences/2.plist will no longer work. With Office 2016, Microsoft are moving to a device basedВ serialisation method. However, whilst the deletion itself was a bug, the ability to use the ist across Macs was also a bug.

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This came about as on occasion an Office Update or Installer would delete the file. Well, for a while now itвЂ™s been fairly common practice to deployВ the Office license toВ Macs outside of the Office installers or updates. The change is the new second pkg:В вЂњMicrosoft_Office_2016_VL_Serializer.pkgвЂќ WhatвЂ™s that about?

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