There is a lot of information available about configuring the Office clients via the initial installation and configuration configuration. In this post I will provide the required information about using Group Policy to enable the existing Office clients to receive update via ConfigMgr. Of course, once I know the registry keys, used by the Group Policy, I can also use Configuration Baselines to do something similar.
Before enabling the Office client to receive updates via ConfigMgr, make sure the following version requirements are in place:. Before looking at the available Group Policy settings, make sure to download and install the Office Administrative Template files from the Microsoft Download Center.
Below is an overview of the Group Policy settings, that can be used to configure the Office client update settings, including how those settings translate to the settings in the installation and configuration files configuration. The most important Group Policy setting, for enabling the Office client to receive updates via ConfigMgr, is shown in blue italic. There are also a few Group Policy settings that can configure a little bit of the end-user experience. That combination is definitely recommended.
There is also a Group Policy setting that can configure the update channel of the Office client. Enabling the Update Channel setting, enables the channel identifier.
If you decide to change these settings, you must update your configuration. You'll also find a description of how to configure each policy setting. The updated policy settings are automatically applied to Microsoft Apps, through the normal Group Policy update process. Group Policy settings can be used regardless of whether users install Microsoft Apps themselves from the Office portal, or if you deploy Microsoft Apps to your users by using the Office Deployment Tool. Overview of the update process for Microsoft Apps.
Choose how to manage updates to Microsoft Apps. End-user update notifications for Microsoft Apps. Skip to main content. For client computers configured with an Active Directory-based GPO, it will take about 20 minutes after Group Policy refreshes that is, applies any new settings to the client computer.
By default, Group Policy refreshes in the background every 90 minutes, with a random offset of 0 to 30 minutes. Although the name changed, it is the same tool for editing Group Policy objects.
It is also commonly referred to as gpedit. Before you can set any Group Policy options for WSUS, you must ensure that the latest administrative template has been loaded on the computer used to administer Group Policy. If the computer you are using to configure Group Policy has the latest version of Wuau.
The new version of Wuau. You can find the correct version of Wuau. You can use the old version of Wuau. After the Automatic Updates self-updates, the new Wuau. If the computer you are using to configure Group Policy does not have the latest version of Wuau. In the Policy Templates dialog box, select Wuau. The settings for this policy enable you to configure how Automatic Updates works. Both URLs are required. This policy enables client computers to self-populate computer groups that exist on the WSUS server.
If the status is set to Enabled , the specified computer group information is sent to WSUS, which uses it to determine which updates should be deployed to this computer. This setting is only capable of indicating to the WSUS server which group the client computer should use. WarningWe strongly recommend that you let Windows Media Player periodically check for updates or that you set the feature to Enabled if it is disabled.
Even though you do not use Windows Media Player, some components that run Windows Media Player are used by other programs on your computer. If you disable these components, you may miss important updates that can make your computer run better or that can help prevent malicious software, such as viruses, from attacking your computer. Follow these steps at your own risk. Then click Run in the File Download dialog box, and follow the steps in this wizard. NoteThis wizard is temporarily in English only.
However, the automatic fix also works for other language versions of Windows. NoteIf you are not on the computer that has the problem, you can save the automatic fix to a flash drive or a CD and then run it on the computer that has the problem. You can stop Windows Media Player from periodically checking for updates by changing the registry or by using a Group Policy setting.
Windows Media Player 7. This feature has been disabled by your network administrator. Additionally, when the timed check occurs, you are prompted unexpectedly to check for updates, but when you click Yes on the Check for update prompt, you receive the following error message:. Windows Media Player 8 and later versions: After you disable the automatic update check by using the registry, the Check for Player Updates option under the Help menu is not available.
Additionally, the Check for updates options are not available under Automatic Updates on the Player tab of the Media Player Options dialog box.
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