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This post explains how to manually install the desktop updates to your users' desktops.
The procedure in this post applies to both Office 365 for enterprises and Office 365 for professionals and small businesses.
To manually install the updates to your users’ desktops, you need to:
1. Identify which updates are necessary for your different users: The following table lists all of the updates that are part of the Office 365 desktop setup. Before you manually install these updates, you need to confirm what software your company has been provisioned for use with Office 365 on the Licenses page of the Office 365 portal.
Note To get to the Licenses page you must be signed in as an administrator. After you sign in, click Admin in the header, and in the left pane, under Subscriptions, click Licenses.
2. Obtain an update management system: For example, Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) or Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM).
3. Install all applicable updates. When using an update management system to deploy updates to your users’ computers, you can preinstall some updates by using Microsoft Update to reduce download and installation times.
Required update
Applies to/Description
Download link
Microsoft Online Services Sign-In Assistant (IDCRL7)
Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2008 R2.
User credentials are managed by Microsoft Online Services ID. To sign in to the services, users must install the Microsoft Online Services Sign-In Assistant.
Download
Microsoft Office 2007 Security Update
(KB2289158)
Microsoft Office 2007 on all versions of Windows
Microsoft Office 2010 Update
(KB2435954)
Microsoft Office 2010 on Windows XP with Internet Explorer 7
Allows users to access Microsoft SharePoint Online from Microsoft Word 2010, Microsoft Excel 2010, Microsoft PowerPoint 2010, and Microsoft OneNote 2010.
Important In addition to applying this update, you must add the following registry key for each user: [HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\Internet\FormsBasedAuthSettings\AllowFBANoPatches – DWORD: 1]
Also, If you have Office 2010 SP1 Beta installed, you will first need to uninstall the SP1 Beta before installing this update.
Download the 32 bit version
Download the 64 bit version
Microsoft Outlook 2007 Update
(KB2596993)
Office Outlook 2007 on all versions of Windows
Configures Outlook to connect with Microsoft Exchange Online.
Microsoft Outlook 2010 Update
(KB2597011)
Microsoft Office 2010 on all versions of Windows
Important If you have Office 2010 SP1 Beta installed, you will first need to uninstall the SP1 Beta before installing this update
Microsoft OneNote 2010 Update
(KB2523130)
Microsoft OneNote 2010 on all versions of Windows
Allows OneNote 2010 to sync with shared notebooks on Microsoft SharePoint Online.
Microsoft Outlook Social Connector 2010 Update
(KB2583935)
Microsoft Outlook Social Connector 2010 on all versions of Windows
See KB2583935 for more details.
(KB2597051)
See KB2597051 for more details.
(KB2566458)
See KB2566458 for more details.
Language versions for the Sign-in client
The previous links for the Sign-in client point to English (en-us) versions. You can get your download in other languages by copying the link and modifying the text "en-us" for the language code of your interest (i.e. es-es for Spanish, fr-fr for French, ft-br for Brazilian Portuguese, and so).
For a reference of available languages in Office 365 see this reference: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/faqs.aspx#fbid=V4qd1jb3XEk?International_Availability.
For a reference on how the language codes are built (language code (ISO-639) followed by country code (ISO-3166)) please see this: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc233968(v=PROT.10).aspx
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"To get to the Licenses page on the Office 365 portal, in the header, click Admin."
What header? Where's the header? Not on this page.
So how would one put these updates in WSUS and push them?
Well it appears the only update not in WSUS already was the sign- in assistant. We will just push that via GPO since it's a .msi.
We are experiencing an odd problem. We currently have Office 2010 x64 with SP1 installed. However when we run the Office 365 setup it claims that we need the hotfixes that are supposedly included with SP1. It seems like the Office 365 installer needs to be updated to account for this.
Good Day!
When I try to sign in to Lync 2010, I get an error message containing the following phrase: Sign-in address not found.
Microsoft Online Services Sign-In Assistant (IDCRL7) was installed.
What me doing?
If you are looking for a free tool to deploy the necessary updates via Group Policy, we have developed a free utility:
www.messageops.com/.../office-365-client-updater
Chad