Deployment and patching for office 2019

Usage and Config
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May I know where can find the guide for Microsoft Office 2019 deployment and Microsoft Office 2019 patching.

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Hi,

Have you look into - Installing and updating Click-to-Run products

About installation / updates -
Does the Clients got access to Office CDN?

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We have reviewed this link already but still uncertain about the deployment process. Could you please provide more detailed steps or direct us to a resource where we can find comprehensive instructions for the deployment? Thanks.

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It’s not clear whether your concern is “Installing/Updating Office in general”, or “how to do it with BigFix”. I’d suggest getting familiar with the Microsoft process first, detailed at Overview of the Office Deployment Tool - Deploy Office | Microsoft Learn and then adapting it with BigFix should be more clear.

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Agreed with Jason. If you don’t know how Click-To-Run works, then no documentation from HCL will be helpful.

First focus on installing and patching Office Click-to-Run.

Additionally, Office 2019 is basically end of life. I would recommend Office 365 instead followed by Office 2021 if you can’t.

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Thank you for your response.
We have already created the setup XML file. We are currently aware of the manual installation method using the setup.exe /configure configuration-Office2019Enterprise.xml command. However, we are unsure of the steps to remotely deploy this installation to client computers using BigFix.

May I know anyone can be provide more information on how to utilize BigFix for the remote deployment of Microsoft Office 2019 to client computers?

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i just create fixlet with cmd that lunch the setup:

action uses wow64 redirection false
waithidden cmd.exe /C  \\fs\Installs\Microsoft\Office\2021\setup.exe /configure \\fs\Installs\Microsoft\Office\2021\2021-Configuration.xml
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Thanks shai82, may I know how to using it ?

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dont understand the question.
first build the XML and check if it work with regular install.

then create fixlet with the cmd action.

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I mean the XML script ready but how to deploy in Bigfix

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Hi @KT123 ,

If you already know how to:

  1. Create XML for Office Deployment Tool

  2. Install it by using setup.exe /configure switch

You need to place both of the files under the same folder and the Package them into a Software Package.

Look into the following YouTube Video:
Creating a Software Package in the BigFix Console using the Software Distribution Wizard (youtube.com)

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