Both Office 2016 and Office 2019 for Mac are available for installation and updating via Jamf Pro. The default for DEP imaged machines and EPM's third-party patching system is still 2016, but you are free to install or upgrade to 2019 with the instructions below.

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Version numbering and names

Microsoft's application versions for 2016 and 2019 are very similar, so it's important to verify that you are installing the correct version. Version numbers up through 16.16.x are Office 2016, while 16.17 and higher are Office 2019. The licensing for these two are mutually exclusive, so be sure to install the matching serializer and application packages. See below for the two sets of packages. You have no write permissions for this directory mac.

Note that Microsoft's naming scheme for packages has also changed to use underscores instead of spaces for the 2019 packaging. This naming scheme is reflected in our Jamf Pro package names, which means that 2019 packages will appear separately from 2016 packages when sorting them by name.

Deploying the latest Office 2016 with EPM's custom triggers.

You can install the entire Office 2016 suite in one step by calling the epm-thirdparty-office trigger. You can do this either manually on a computer from Terminal by entering `sudo jamf policy -event epm-thirdparty-office` or execute it via Jamf policy by entering that same command into 'Execute Command' field under the 'File and Processes' payload.

If you want only individual applications rather than the entire suite, you can call the following custom triggers. Note that these will install only the application, not the license or Microsoft AutoUpdate. See the next section for the additional packages you will need to install for those components.

epm-thirdparty-excel
epm-thirdparty-onenote
epm-thirdparty-outlook
epm-thirdparty-powerpoint
epm-thirdparty-word

Deploying Office 2016 with custom policy setup

Microsoft Office Serializer

If you prefer to build out deployment policies yourself rather than use the custom trigger outlined above, you can install the 7 component packages yourself. You will want to deploy the serializer, the AutoUpdate, and any or all of the individual applications (like Word and Excel):

Microsoft Office 2016 Serializer 2.0.pkg
Microsoft AutoUpdate_3.11.17101000_Updater.pkg (or latest number)
Microsoft Excel-16.16.18111001.pkg
Microsoft OneNote-16.16.18111001.pkg
Microsoft Outlook-16.16.18111001.pkg
Microsoft PowerPoint-16.16.18111001.pkg
Microsoft Word-16.16.18111001.pkg

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The version numbers here are examples, and the latest as of 12/01/2018. New versions of Office 2016 are released periodically. It's best to install the latest version of 16.16 that you see available.

Follow the steps in the below link for software deployment for more details on setting up policies to deploy packages.

Office 2016 For Mac Serializer

Deploying the latest Office 2019 with EPM's custom triggers.

You can install the entire Office 2019 suite in one step by calling the epm-thirdparty-office-2019 trigger. You can do this either manually on a computer from Terminal by entering `sudo jamf policy -event epm-thirdparty-office-2019` or execute it via Jamf policy by entering that same command into 'Execute Command' field under the 'File and Processes' payload.

epm-thirdparty-excel-2019
epm-thirdparty-onenote-2019
epm-thirdparty-outlook-2019
epm-thirdparty-powerpoint-2019
epm-thirdparty-word-2019

Deploying Office 2019 with custom policies

If you'd like to install Office 2019 with your own policies, the process is similar to 2016; you need to install the newer Serializer package, the newer 2019 application packages, and AutoUpdate.

Microsoft_Office_2019_VL_Serializer.pkg
Microsoft_AutoUpdate_4.5.18110402_Updater.pkg
Microsoft_Excel_16.19.18110915.pkg
Microsoft_OneNote_16.19.18110915.pkg
Microsoft_Outlook_16.19.18110915.pkg
Microsoft_PowerPoint_16.19.18110915.pkg
Microsoft_Word_16.19.18110915.pkg

The version numbers here are examples, and the latest as of 12/01/2018. New versions of Office 2016 are released periodically. It's best to install the latest version that you see available.

Follow the steps in the below link for software deployment for more details on setting up policies to deploy packages.

Deploying updates

If you want to just deploy the latest updates, you can deploy just the individual application packages listed above. Alternatively, you can execute the custom trigger epm-thirdparty to update any outdated packages of Office 2016 and 2019. For details on using the epm-thirdparty trigger, see [Jamf Pro - epm-thirdparty patching]

Microsoft Office 2016 Vl Serializer

If you need assistance creating policies for the installation packages please contact the Endpoint Management team at endpointmanagement@mit.edu.

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See Jamf Pro - Software Deployment for more information on how to create deployment policies.
See [Jamf Pro - Third-party software patching] for information on deploying new updates as they are released.
See [Jamf Pro - epm-thirdparty patching] for more information on using EPM's custom triggers for patching and installing.