Alter Update Settings post-install
So we've deployed Office 365 Pro Plus using Configuration XML files. We deploy off a centralised storage device but we allow updates to be pulled from Microsoft directly with no restrictions.We'd now...
View ArticleOffice 2010 with Visio 2013 or Project 2013 on same PC casues issues with...
We have a couple systems that have the 2010 office suite with either Visio 2013 or Project 2013 installed as well. This appear to cause an issue with the Primary Interop Assemblies (PIA). When other...
View ArticleOffice 2013 - Evaluation of VL bits?
Hi there, I have a customer asking if there is a way to install a trial version of Office 2013 [Volume License edition] for testing to see if it is a suitable solution for their environment. I've done...
View ArticleOffice 2013 C2R Update Scheduled Task does not work
Hi all.I am having difficulty getting network deployed updates to work correctly. I installed and older version of Office 2013 with the ODT from a network share and set the update path. I then...
View ArticleOffice 365 and On Premise Active Directory Synchronisation
Hi everyone,I'd really appreciate some advice about Office 365 and Active directory synchronisation.We are a new business and to begin with started with a simple workgroup scenario with some office 365...
View ArticleProxy Blocking authentication of Office 365 ProPlus
We have begun installing Office 365 E4 ProPlus to some of our users. After adding the advised hostnames (http://onlinehelp.microsoft.com/en-us/office365-enterprises/hh373144.aspx) to our proxy we have...
View ArticleUser Agent Strings for Office 365 Install and Updates
In my organization, we restrict internet access to a specific list of approved applications by user agent string; however, it seems the user agent string for Office 365 (2013) applications has changed...
View ArticleO365 deployment shortcut configuration
Hi,Is there any way to customize the shortcut location in O365 deployment? The "Reference for Click-to-Run configuration.xml file" page does not have any information about this.I need the shortcuts to...
View ArticleOffice Professional Plus 2013 - 2 questions: 1) how do i force office to...
I have 2 questions. I am on Office Professional Plus 2013. The version I have is 15.0.4433.1508 and it is set for updates to auto download and install. It currently shows no updates available. I have...
View Article%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Common Files\microsoft shared\OFFICE15\Office Setup...
Hello everyone. I'm told that I can run a repair of Office 2013 via the following command line pointing to a repair config xml we made and placed on a server. Only problem is that my machines don't...
View ArticleAdd custom dictionary files
Hi,I am trying to add custom dictionary files to our office installation on a TS server.its 2012 R2 server running office 365 32bit.i have a script that adds the paths to the custom dictionaries to the...
View ArticleError installing OneDrive for Business on Vista x64
Hi There,We are in the process of migrating our users to Office 365, which I have done successfully for the first user as a test.The issue i'm having is she has a Vista Business x64 laptop, but when I...
View ArticleWord Automation Work Around for Office 365
I run a program that is able to use all previous versions of Office use Word Automation to edit a document via a Java applet. However, with Office 365 I am unable to do so. Whenever I use previous...
View ArticleEnforcing HTML as default email format in Office 2013 with GPO - not working
Hi,I have a enviroment of clients running Office 2013 and Office 365.I need to have the default e-mail message format set to HTML and i have made some GPO's which enforces this of the clients with the...
View ArticleEmbed Powerpoint iFrame and API for controls
Microsoft offers a nice way to embed Powerpoint presentations with an iframe. See: http://www.microsoft.com/web/solutions/powerpoint-embed.aspx But I am missing a JavaScript API to control the slides....
View ArticleCannot manage Distribution group membership when two exchange accounts are...
Hi, I am using outlook 2013 and my exchange server is 2013 too. I have a distribution group named "alias@mydomain.com" and my user "rishi.pandit@mydomain.com" is moderator of this DL and i was able to...
View ArticleProduct key is not valid for Office 365 Education
Hi there, I'm having some issues installing my Office 365 Education subscription on my Mac. I have downloaded and installed it, but when I try to open the program, an "Activate Office" window opens,...
View ArticleDisable Exchange Calendar in Outlook 2013
Is there any way that I can disable a calendar for an Exchange account in Outlook? The problem is that I use one Exchange calendar for all my appointments. I have two separate Exchange accounts...
View ArticleTrouble shooting Office 2013 Office 365
I am unable to open Microsoft 2013 Office 365. I tried to go through an online service but they wanted to charge me $265. They claimed viruses. Is there a logical reason? I could open it this...
View ArticleCan I sync Office 2013 Home premium Outlook calendar and contacts across all...
I don't want to use a Hotmail account to do this. Is it possible?The licence is for 5 PC's but seems to have no sync ability.
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