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Customize and deploy Office products and apps with this easy-to-use tool. Choose from various options and settings for your organization.
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Use this tool to customize the installation and update of Office products and releases. Choose the architecture, version, language, licensing, and other options for your deployment scenario.
Office Customization Tool. Learn more about the Office Customization Tool ... Provide your organization name to set the Company property on Office documents.
- Overview
- Get started
- Create a configuration file
- Edit an existing configuration file
- Save and manage configuration files in the cloud
- Define application preferences
- ID and Host attributes
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The Office Customization Tool creates the configuration files that are used to deploy Office in large organizations. These configuration files give you more control over an Office installation: you can define which applications and languages are installed, how those applications should be updated, and application preferences. After creating the con...
To work with the service, go to Office Customization Tool and choose the products, languages, and application preferences you want to configure. For example, you can create a configuration file that downloads the 64-bit English version of Microsoft 365 Apps, or you can create a file that installs the 64-bit English and German version of Office with...
Follow these steps to create a configuration file that can be used by the Office Deployment Tool or another software distribution solution to install Office.
1.Go to Office Customization Tool.
2.In the Product and releases section, choose the architecture you want to deploy. Each configuration file can only deploy one architecture. For details on which architecture to choose, see Choose the 32-bit or 64-bit version of Office.
3.Choose the products and applications you want to deploy.
4.Choose the update channel you want to deploy. The update channel determines how frequently your client devices are updated with new features. For best practice recommendations, see Step 3 - Choose your update channels.
5.Choose which version you want to deploy. Unless you require a particular version, we recommend choosing the latest. For details on previous versions, see Update history for Microsoft 365 Apps.
Follow these steps to import and edit an existing configuration file.
1.Go to Office Customization Tool.
2.Select Import, and then select the configuration file you want to edit.
3.Change the settings you want, and then export the updated file.
You can now use the Office Customization Tool to create, save, and manage your deployment configuration files in the cloud. You can also refer to these cloud-based files directly when running the Office Deployment Tool.
Important
•Saving and managing configuration files in the cloud isn't available to customers who have the following plans:
•Office 365 operated by 21Vianet
•Office 365 GCC High and DoD
•Office 365 GCC customers can save and manage configuration files in the cloud.
As part of the Office Customization Tool, you can define application preferences for supported products, including VBA macro notifications, default file locations, and default file formats. When you define these preferences, you can apply them as part of deploying Office or you can apply them to an existing installation of Office without changing a...
When creating a configuration file, the Office Customization Tool includes two attributes for the Configuration element: The ID attribute, which identifies the deployment method, and the Host attribute, which identifies the deployment options that have been selected. These attributes don't contain any personally identifiable information (PII), but ...
Learn how to use the Office Customization Tool to create configuration files for deploying Office in large organizations. Choose products, languages, update channels, installation options, and more.
The Office Deployment Tool (ODT) is a command-line tool that you can use to download and deploy Click-to-Run versions of Office, such as Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise, to your client computers.
Mar 11, 2024 · Learn how to use the Office Deployment Tool (ODT) to configure and install Office LTSC 2021, including Project and Visio, for your organization. The ODT replaces the Office Customization Tool (OCT) for Windows Installer (MSI) and supports downloading from the Office CDN.
