Deploy Office Apps from Local Source

Follow the steps in this article to deploy Microsoft 365 Apps to client computers from a shared folder on your network by using the Office Deployment Tool (ODT).

Make sure your users have local admin privileges on their client devices. If that is not the case, then you should use your organization's standard deployment tools and processes to install Office.

Step 1: Create shared folders for Office installation files

Because you're deploying Microsoft 365 Apps from a local source, you have to create folders to store the Office installation files

An example folder can be created as,

• \\Server\Share\M365: Stores the ODT and the configuration files that define how to download and deploy Office.

Assign Read permissions for your users. Installing Office from a shared folder requires only that the user have Read permission for that folder, so you should assign Read permission to everyone.

Step 2: Download the Office Deployment Tool

Download the ODT from the Microsoft Download Center to \\Server\Share\M365. If you've already downloaded the ODT, make sure you have the latest version.

After downloading the file, run the self-extracting executable file, which contains the ODT executable (setup.exe) and a sample configuration file (configuration.xml)

Step 3: Create Configuration File

we recommend using the Office Customization Tool

When you complete the configuration, click Export in the upper right of the page, and then save the file as config-SECP.xml in the \\Server\Share\M365 folder.

Step 4: Download the Office installation package

From a command prompt, run the ODT executable in download mode and with a reference to the configuration file created in step 3:

\\server\share\M365\setup.exe /download \\server\share\M365\config-SECP.xml

Step 5: Deploy Office

To deploy Office, we'll provide commands that users can run from their client computers. The commands run the ODT in configure mode and with a reference to the appropriate configuration file, which defines which version of Office to install on the client computer.

\\Server\Share\M365\setup.exe /configure \\Server\Share\M365\config-SECP.xml

Note: The article is to demonstrate the concept and working. To explore the deployment strategies, refer to article Deploy Microsoft 365 Apps from a local source - Deploy Office | Microsoft Docs