Office 365 Client Update Channel Name Changes

Usage and Config Patch
1

Hi,
How will BigFix be handling the changes in the Office 2016 ProPlus Channel names to target PCs for the monthly patches?

We currently tag the registry with regset64 '[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\OfficeUpdate] “UpdateBranch”=“FirstReleaseDeffered”

The new names will be:
Current Channel -> Monthly Channel
First Release for Deferred Channel ->Semi-Annual Channel (Targeted)
Deferred Channel ->Semi-Annual Channel

Thanks!

2

Hi,

The content team is aware of this change and is planning to adapt to it.

Looking at “How you deploy updates for Office 365 ProPlus stays the same” of the official announcement , I would not anticipate some ground-shaking change.

3

When can we expect BigFix to announce what the exact naming convention they will be using and when it will be implemented?