We’ll also have to wait and see how soon the App Store updates are available compared to their CDN siblings. Distribution this way is a little ambiguous, knowing how soon an app will install or update and troubleshooting issues when they arise is not like scheduling an install and reading the logs. How do I roll it out?Īpp Store apps are traditionally distributed with an MDM (like SimpleMDM, Mosyle, or others) connected with your Apple Business Program account. I say almost because the CDN version of the OneDrive app can be pre-configured while the App Store app must be manually configured. (Yet?) As for management, the App Store apps are virtually as configurable with configuration profiles as the CDN versions. Microsoft Teams and Skype for Business will be lonely in your repo though, as they aren’t available in the App Store. That being said, of course this could be one less App to have in your repo. Especially since 2016 was released, the pkgs are easy to automate the deployment of and Microsoft AutoUpdate can be used from the command line/scripts. Traditionally, I would not call Office for Mac hard to deploy or manage. Do I need it?įirstly, if you’re using a volume license of Office 2019, it is not compatible with the App Store version. Of course this is by no means an argument for or against App Store deployment. Microsoft calls the traditionally deployed Office apps their “Microsoft CDN” version, versus the new App Store version.īased on some of the conversations in #microsoft-office on, it’s important to ask “Not how, but why?” in evaluating whether this will change how you deploy Office for Mac in your environment. Also, Microsoft has already updated their Deployment guide for Office for Mac, a great resource by itself. Daz Wallace and Ben Toms have great blog posts already online. On January 24th, after a few delays leaving us on the edge of our seats, Microsoft delivered on its WWDC 2018 promise and Microsoft Office 365 arrived in the Mac App Store.
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