Office 365 C2R

Office 365 – Improved Office client activation is coming

In late August, a new and improved activation process for Office client (aka Office Pro Plus or Office Click to Run) will be deployed. This new process will simplify the activation by automatically using the user’s credential to perform the activation (if single sign-on is enabled). It will also simplify the process if you have […]

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Outlook – Get your Outlook settings saved in the cloud and sync between devices

UPDATE thanks to Laurent Miltgen-Delinchamp as per https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/release-notes-office-insider#april-5-2019 this appears for Click to Run installation in April (Insiders) Not sure when this came out nor which Outlook version (2013, 2016, 2019, Click to Run) is getting it, but a new settings has been available to save your Outlook settings and get it synced across other

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Outlook – You can now automatically dismiss reminders for past events

Not sure when this came out nor which Outlook version (2013, 2016, 2019, Click to Run) is getting it, but a new settings has been available to automatically dismiss reminders for past events. This is quite handy as one day or another we all faced the situation where we were getting reminders for past events.

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Office 365 – New security management tool available in preview

A new security tool is now available in preview in Office 365 called Security Policy Advisor. The Security Policy Advisor is providing recommendations to help improve and increase security of your Office 365 ProPlus deployment to protect you against threats and provide insights on impact of deploying policies. The Security Policy Advisor can be used

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Outlook – Notification when a known issue is detected (preview)

The Outlook client, coming with the Office 365 Click To Run (C2R), is now providing notification when a known issue has been detected. I got this notification with the Office 365 Click To Run 1901 build 11220.20008 (or version 16.0.11220.20000) The ‘title’ of the issue is a clickable element which then open the related Microsoft

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Office 365 – New cloud-based management options for Office 365 Pro Plus

A new configuration tool (in preview) is available for Office 365 Pro Plus (Office Click to Run) to help administrator to define and apply configuration policy. This new capability helps to manage Office C2R installation on Windows without the ‘classic’ management infrastructure or MDM service. The defined Office configuration will apply to both managed and

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Office 365 – The default installation option for Office Click to Run is switching to 64 bits

Starting mid January 2019, the default installation setting for Office Click To Run is switching from 32 bits to 64 bits. If you (and your end-users) are using the Office 365 portal (https://portal.office.com/OLS/MySoftware.aspx) to install Office Click to Run check the version before starting to install if you are planning to use the 32 bits

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Intune – You can edit the update channel for your Office 365 Click to Run and define which version to get installed

With the latest updates on Intune, you can now edit the channel update after you have added your Office 365 Click to Run application on Intune as well as define (if required) which specific release needs to be installed on the client. To edit the update channel and/or define the version to be installed, go

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Intune – You can now edit your Office 365 Click to Run Deployment

With the latest updates on Intune, you can now update your Office 365 Click to Run deployment. Previously you had to delete the deployment and re-create a new one with the updated deployment settings if you had to add/remove Office application from your deployment. Just access your Intune configuration blade from the Azure portal and

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