#Office 365 mdm for mac install#
#Office 365 mdm for mac license#
#Office 365 mdm for mac mac#

Especially if you’re looking to logout then perform the steps 2-5 above.Īt dataJAR, I’ve tasked Darren with looking into this & if an elegant workflow is found he’ll post it on his blog. Paul Bowden has a script which can be used for this, but depending on if a deployment is multi-user etc this might become a little complex. The majority of the above is simple enough, but step 3 refers to items on the User Keychain.

#Office 365 mdm for mac install#

Trigger the MDM server to install the Office apps (such as jamf recon) Remove the Office entries from the keychainĤ. Remove the Office package registrations ( pkgutil -forget)ĥ.

#Office 365 mdm for mac mac#

The high-level steps for each Mac are as follows:Ģ. Remove the Office apps from the /Applications folderģ. Depending on your EMM’s capabilities, you may be able to orchestrate the process through a script. There is no automated process for performing a CDN to Mac App Store conversion. Microsoft do mention this in a section of their KB, which I’ve quoted below: If you are already deploying O365 & wish to move to deploying the Apps via VPP, I’m afraid it’s not as simple as deploying the VPP apps on top. Migrating to the Mac App Store Office Apps VPPĪs we’re talking about apps available on the Mac App Store, you’ll need an MDM/EMM to deploy these apps via VPP.Īnother item to mention here is that VPP cannot do “Suites”, so instead of deploying the Office 365 Suite you’ll need to deployment the component apps one-by-one. Below are some more things to bear in mind. Ok, so you’ve reviewed the above & still wish to go through with your deployment.

If you support older OS’s, (why?), then these are not for you. So, it should make sense that the O365 apps available on the App Store support 10.12+ & up. Īgain, in my previous post I mention which versions of the Office Suite support which versions of macOS.Īnd above I mentioned that, we’re looking at the current O365 version of the Office Suite.

#Office 365 mdm for mac license#

Attempts to use a perpetual license with Mac App Store apps will cause the apps to enter reduced functionality mode. The Volume License (VL) Serializer is not compatible with these apps. Perpetual licenses, including Office 2019 and Office 2016, are not supported with Office apps available from the Mac App Store. Whilst these Mac App Store apps are the same version as the “2019” suite, the Mac App Store Office Apps cannot be volume license as per: This is still correct but see below for a difference. If you see the versioning section in my previous post on Microsoft Office, I mention the version 16.17+ being for both 2019 & O365. Office 365 is the version of the Office suite which is available via the Mac App Store. There are a few things to be mindful of beforehand. So, I can now just deploy Microsoft Office from the Mac App Store? The following has mostly come from the above, just expanded upon a little further. Microsoft have supplied a KB for use admins centred around deployment, which is available here.

3.2 Migrating to the Mac App Store Office Apps.

2 So, I can now just deploy Microsoft Office from the Mac App Store?.