Install Microsoft Office 365 on Server 2016

This was adapted very, very, slightly from this original blog post by Daniel Z. Stinson, thank you!

  1. Download Office Deployment Tool: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=49117
    Extract to a simple path such as c:\Files\Office_Deploy
  2. Create share on the folder you created above. I shared the folder named “Office_Deploy” and set “Full Permissions” to “Everyone”
  3. Edit the configuration-Office365-x86.xml file to be the following below. Edit line 2 to be the path to your share that you created in the previous step:

    <Configuration>
    <Add SourcePath="\\YOURSERVER\Office_Deploy\" OfficeClientEdition="32" >
    <Product ID="O365ProPlusRetail">
    <Language ID="en-us" />
    </Product>
    </Add>
    <!-- <Updates Enabled="TRUE" UpdatePath="\\Server\Share\" /> -->
    <Display Level="None" AcceptEULA="TRUE" />
    <Property Name="SharedComputerLicensing" Value="1" />
    <!-- <Logging Path="%temp%" /> -->
    <!-- <Property Name="AUTOACTIVATE" Value="1" /> -->
    </Configuration>

  4. Run the following from an elevated command prompt:

    C:\Files\Office_Deploy>.\setup.exe /download configuration-Office365-x86.xml
    This downloads the installer files/package.

  5. Wait for files to download, there is no visual confirmation, but I did see an “Office” folder get created.
  6. Run the following from an elevated command prompt:
    C:\Files\Office_Deploy>.\setup.exe /configure configuration-Office365-x86.xml

Enjoy!

Adding Office 2016 – 365 ADMX Files to local server

I have a server that I manage but I don’t have Domain Administrator rights. I needed to load the latest Office 2016/365 Group Policy Objects so I could set custom trust paths for all users for Access 2016. Here’s what I did:

    1. Download the Microsoft Office 2016/365 Group Policy Files (Administrative Template Files ADMX/ADML): https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=49030
    2. Download the appropriate package. I have Office 2016 32bit installed; I downloaded the 32bit package.
    3. Run the installer – point it to where you want the files extracted to. I had my files extract to c:\users\<myuser>\Downloads
    4. Copy the contents of the “ADMX” folder.

      ADMX Files - Unpacked
      ADMX Files – Unpacked
    5. Browse to C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitionsPaste the files here. I was not promoted to overwrite any files.
    6. I ran GPUpdate /Force (is this needed for local files? Can’t remember, don’t think it is needed).
    7. Run the Local Group Policy Editor, GPEDIT.MSC
    8. I found my new policies listed and I got busy creating my trusted locations for Microsoft Access.

      Office 2016 Policies in GPO