In order to deploy Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019 / Microsoft 365 Apps through Infinity Management, you need to download the Office Deployment Tool from the Microsoft website, extract the Setup file and the Configuration file, compress the files, encrypt the archive and add the patch in the Infinity Management.
1. Downloading and preparing the configuration file
2. Adding the archive to Infinity Management
Downloading and preparing the configuration file
1. Go to https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=49117 and download the Office Deployment Tool (ODT). The Office Deployment Tool (ODT) is a command-line tool that you can use to download and deploy Click-to-Run versions of Office, such as Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019 / Microsoft 365 Apps, to your client computers.
2. After downloading the file, run the self-extracting executable file, which contains the Office Deployment Tool executable (setup.exe) and the sample configuration files (configuration-Office365-x64.xml, configuration-Office365-x86.xml, configuration-Office2019Enterprise.xml, configuration-Office2021Enterprise.xml).
3. Edit the configuration file (for the product you want to deploy) with your preferences and save it.
- Configuration file for Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019
<Configuration>
<Add OfficeClientEdition="64" Channel="PerpetualVL2019">
<Product ID="ProPlus2019Volume">
<Language ID="en-us" />
</Product>
</Add>
<RemoveMSI All="True" />
<Display Level="None" AcceptEULA="TRUE" />
<Property Name="AUTOACTIVATE" Value="1" />
</Configuration>
- Configuration file for Microsoft 365 Apps enterprise
<Configuration>
<Add OfficeClientEdition="64" Channel="Current">
<Product ID="O365ProPlusRetail">
<Language ID="en-us" />
</Product>
</Add>
<Updates Enabled="TRUE" Channel="Current" />
<RemoveMSI All="True" />
<Display Level="None" AcceptEULA="TRUE" />
<Property Name="AUTOACTIVATE" Value="1" />
</Configuration>
The configuration files above, deploy the English-US version of Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019 / Microsoft 365 Apps, using the PerpetualVL2019 / Current channels. The OfficeClientEdition="" value can be 32 or 64, depending on the architecture you want to deploy, while the Channel="" value can be PerpetualVL2019 (used for Office 2019) or Current (used for Office 365).
4. Zip the setup.exe and the configuration file you have edited and encrypt the archive using the Heimdal Encryption Tool.
Adding the archive to Infinity Management
1. Upload the encrypted archive in the HEIMDAL Private Patching Storage section of the Infinity Management module.
2. Add the new application to the Infinity Management module.
3. Add the patch in the newly-created application and set the deployment options and install arguments (as shown in the snapshot).
You will have to fill in the empty boxes for the following options: Version, Entry File Name, Install Arguments. In the Version box, you will have to set the latest Office version found on their website (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/download-sizes-office365-proplus-updates), which will have to correspond to the app version in Control Panel. The Entry File Name box must be setup.exe and in the Install Arguments box, add the corresponding following command line:
/configure configuration-Office365-x64.xml (for Office 365 x64)
/configure configuration-Office365-x86.xml (for Office 365 x86)
/configure configuration-Office2019Enterprise.xml (for Office 2019)
/configure configuration-Office2021Enterprise.xml (for Office 2021)
4. Choose the Operating System for the deployment of the pack and hit Save Patch.
Add the newly-added patch in the Group Policies section and the patch should be available for installation in the Thor Agent. You can also find useful information on the customization of the Office Configuration files used by the Office Deployment Tool if you access the following link: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployoffice/configuration-options-for-the-office-2016-deployment-tool