Updating Office applications

Now that we have deployed our Office applications, we need to make sure they remain updated. As these are core apps, it is recommended to use a similar ring approach as what we used with Windows updates, both to check for any potential issues with the line of business and also to look for any significant UI changes that may need communicating with the organization.

Getting started

Before running through the preferred approach, there are different ways to handle Office updates. We will have a look at the two main options now and then run through the configuration.

Office portal

One option is to use the Office Admin portal itself, which can be accessed at https://config.office.com.

Here, you can configure Office policies to set any configuration setting via Policy Management and also use the Cloud Updates menu to handle updates and version deployment.

This is a good option, but as it falls outside of the Intune portal, it is another portal...