Auto Update For Mac Microsoft Office

• Microsoft Autoupdate Mac Download
• Auto Update For Mac Microsoft Office 2016

Note

Jun 04, 2019 Deploy updates for Office for Mac. 6/4/2019; 2 minutes to read; In this article. Applies to: Office for Mac, Office 2019 for Mac, Office 2016 for Mac Microsoft regularly publishes software updates to improve performance or security, and for Office 365 users, to update features. Feb 06, 2020 What about updates to Office 365 ProPlus? Teams is installed by default with new installations of Office 365 ProPlus as described in Deploy Microsoft Teams with Office 365 ProPlus. Teams follows its own update process as outlined above, and not the update process for the other Offices apps, such as Word and Excel.

Office 365 ProPlus is being renamed to Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise. For more information about this change, read this blog post.

Symptoms

By default, installations of Microsoft Office are configured to automatically update your Office installation when new updates are made publicly available. However, if you examine the Account section of the backstage, you may see that updates are disabled or that the command to manage updates is disabled or hidden. For example, the following figure indicates that updates are disabled in the backstage.

Cause

This issue occurs if updates have been manually disable or are managed through Group Policy settings.

Resolution

We recommend that you keep automatic updating enabled for Office installations because this configuration allows Office to automatically update with the latest fixes and security features. To re-enable automatic updates for Office, follow the steps below.

• Manually configure automatic updates

  If your Office installation is not managed by Group Policy, you can manually re-enable automatic updates by following these steps. If you cannot follow these steps because the Update Options control is disabled or missing, your updates are being managed by Group Policy.

  1. Start any program.
  2. On the File tab, select Account.
     Note: In Outlook, select Office Account.
  3. On the right side, select Update Options, and then select Enable Updates.
  4. If you are asked whether you want to let Microsoft Office make changes to your computer, select Yes.

• Automatic updates managed by Group Policy

  Warning

  Follow the steps in this section carefully. Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Before you modify it, back up the registry for restoration in case problems occur.

  If you cannot follow the steps in the 'Manually configure automatic updates' section, this is because the Update Options control is disabled or missing due to a Group Policy. For example, the following figure shows the Update Options control when the Enable Updates option is hidden through a Group Policy:

  To examine the registry data that is associated with the Group Policy settings which control this feature, follow these steps:

  1. Start Registry Editor. To do this, take one of the following actions:
  • In Windows 10 or Windows 8, press the Windows key + X, select Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then press Enter.
  • In Windows 7 and Windows Vista, select Start, type regedit in the Start Search box, and then press Enter. If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type the password, or select Allow.
  1. Locate and then select the following registry key:

  Note: If this key does not exist in your Registry Editor, see How to add the registry key via policy below.

  Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise, Office 2019, and Office 2016

  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEsoftwarepoliciesmicrosoftoffice16.0commonOfficeUpdate

  Office 2013

  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEsoftwareWow6432Nodemicrosoftoffice15.0commonOfficeUpdate

  1. Examine the following registry values under the OfficeUpdate key:
     
  • DWORD: EnableAutomaticUpdates
    Values:
    0 = automatic updates are disabled
    1 = automatic updates are enabled
    
  • DWORD: HideEnableDisableUpdates
    Values:
    1 = hide the menu option to enable or disable automatic updates
    0 = show the menu option to enable or disable automatic updates
  1. If you have any questions or concerns about these policy settings, see your domain administrator.

How to add the registry key via policy

The registry key is added automatically when you install ADMX/ADML files. To do this:

Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise, Office 2019, and Office 2016

1. Always download the LATEST admin templates to a location of your choice:Administrative Template files (ADMX/ADML) and Office Customization Tool for Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise, Office 2019, and Office 2016
2. Select the Download button.
3. Select either the x64 or the x86 build.
4. Select Run and follow the prompts to install the software.
5. Copy the *.admx files into the C:/Windows/PolicyDefinitions/ folder.
6. Copy the *.adml files from the language-locale subfolder (for instance, 'en-US') into the respective language-locale folder under C:/Windows/PolicyDefinitions/.

Warning

Be sure to preserve the same language-locale PolicyDefinitions folder which is applicable to your environment.

Office 2013

1. Go to the Office 2013 Administrative Template files (ADMX/ADML) and Office Customization Tool page.
2. Select the Download button.
3. Select either the x64 or the x86 build.
4. Select Run and follow the prompts to install the software.
5. Copy the *.admx files into the C:/Windows/PolicyDefinitions/ folder.
6. Copy the *.adml files from the language-locale subfolder (for instance, 'en-US') into the respective language-locale folder under C:/Windows/PolicyDefinitions/.

Warning

Be sure to preserve the same language-locale PolicyDefinitions folder which is applicable to your environment.

After you copy the Administrative Template files to AD DS, you'll find the update policy settings under Computer Configuration > Policies > Administrative Templates > Microsoft Office 2016 (Machine) > Updates in the Group Policy Management Console. You'll also find a description of how to configure each policy setting.

More information

For more information about configuring the update settings via GPO, see Configure update settings for Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise.

Applies to:Office for Mac, Office 2019 for Mac, Office 2016 for Mac

Microsoft AutoUpdate (MAU) version 3.18 and later includes the msupdate command-line tool. This can be used to start the update process for Microsoft applications produced for Mac, such as Office. The tool is primarily designed for IT administrators so that they have more precise control over when updates are applied. You can download the latest version of MAU from this link.

Microsoft Autoupdate Mac Download

msupdate works by sending Apple Events to the MAU daemon. On macOS 10.14 Mojave and later, you may see a privacy prompt when running msupdate for the first time. If you are using an enterprise management tool such as Jamf Pro, you should deploy a Privacy Preferences Policy Control (PPPC) payload to pre-approve access. Samples of such a payload can be downloaded from here.

Use the following steps to start using the tool:

1. Open the Terminal application
2. Enter cd /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app/Contents/MacOS
3. Run ./msupdate --help

The following options are displayed:

Examples of how to use msupdate

• Display the current configuration parameters for AutoUpdate:./msupdate --config
• Display the current configuration parameters in machine-readable format:./msupdate --config --format plist
• List all available updates:./msupdate --list
• Download and install all available updates:./msupdate --install
• Download and install the latest updates for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint:./msupdate --install --apps MSWD2019 XCEL2019 PPT32019
• Download and install a version-specific update for Outlook:./msupdate --install --apps OPIM2019 --version 16.17.180090901

Application identifiers

The following table lists the applications for Mac supported by AutoUpdate. The identifier is used when specifying the --apps parameter. When specifying multiple applications on the command-line, separate identifiers with a space. Mac microsoft office lag.

¹ These identifiers are used for Office 2019 for Mac, either a retail or a volume licensed version, and for Office for Mac (from an Office 365 plan) running on macOS version 10.12 (Sierra) or higher.

² These identifiers are used for Office 2016 for Mac, either a retail or a volume licensed version, and for Office for Mac (from an Office 365 plan) running on macOS version 10.11 (El Capitan) or earlier.

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Auto Update For Mac Microsoft Office 2016

• If an update is pending for MAU itself, that update must be applied before any applications can be updated.
• Identifiers are not case-sensitive when run interactively from the command-line, but use the character casing from the table above when running from a management tool such as Jamf Pro.

Related topics

• Update history and release notes for Office for Mac