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Upgrade to Microsoft Edge to take advantage of the latest features, security updates, and technical support. Or, you can download the installation files from the Office CDN to a location on your local network, such as a shared folder, and install Office LTSC from that location.

You can use different methods for different sets of devices in your organization. Whichever method you choose, you use the ODT. Installing directly from the Office CDN requires the least amount of administrative effort and is recommended. But you might have constraints that prevent you from installing directly from the internet.

For example, some devices might not have connectivity to the internet or you may have limited bandwidth to the internet. We recommend that you always download and use the most current version of the ODT.

After you download the Office Deployment Tool, double-click on the officedeploymenttool executable. When you are finished, you should have several files: setup. The setup. The configuration. You use the configuration. You can name the file anything that you want, as long as it retains the xml file extension. Once you have a copy of the ODT, you need to create a configuration. You can create multiple configuration. For example, you would create a configuration. When you run the ODT from an elevated command prompt, you specify which configuration.

Instead of using a text editor to create your configuration. The OCT provides a web-based interface for making your selections and creating your configuration. For more information, see Overview of the Office Customization Tool. Please note that this is different than the Office Customization Tool that you might have used in the past to install volume licensed versions of Office that used Windows Installer MSI as the installation technology. There are a series of settings in the configuration.

The following table lists the most common settings to configure in the configuration. More information about these configuration. The following is a sample configuration. To uninstall versions of Office, Visio, or Project from the device, use the Remove element. Once you have a copy of the ODT and have created your configuration.

To do that, open an elevated command prompt, go to the folder where you saved the ODT and the configuration. If you have saved the configuration.

It will look as if nothing is happening, but the download is happening in the background. Once the download is complete, you are returned to a command prompt. If you want to check that the files are downloading, go to the location you specified for your SourcePath in the configuration. For example, Which files you see and the names of the files depend on whether you are downloading the bit or bit version of Office and which languages you are downloading.

The installation location can't be changed. Configuration Manager current branch has a wizard that steps you through the process and builds the configuration. Earlier versions of Configuration Manager require you to download the ODT and create your own configuration.

On that same page, you can also select to deploy Project and Visio. Then, in Configuration Manager, you create an application and a deployment type. After that you distribute the application and then deploy it. You can use the ODT and the configuration. For more information, see Language element. You can also just install proofing tools by specifying the Product ID as "ProofingTools" in your configuration. Proofing tools packages are much smaller than full language packs. They can also be installed whether or not the language pack for a given language is installed.

If you're upgrading from a Windows Installer MSI version of Office, you can get Click-to-Run versions of the same language resources — for example, language packs, language interface packs, or proofing tools — installed when you deploy Office LTSC To complete the installation of the Teams client app after installing Office LTSC , either restart the device or sign out and then sign in again.

After Teams is installed, it's automatically updated approximately every two weeks with new features and quality updates. This update process for Teams is different than the update process for the other Office apps, such as Word and Excel.

For more information, see Teams update process. Skip to main content. This browser is no longer supported. Download Microsoft Edge More info. Table of contents Exit focus mode. Table of contents. Tip Instead of using a text editor to create your configuration. Tip More information about these configuration. Submit and view feedback for This product This page. View all page feedback. In this article. We recommend that you install Office directly from the Office CDN, if internet connectivity and network bandwidth make that possible.

Which languages to download or install For example, English en-us and French fr-fr. For example, the bit version. Valid xml values are "32" and " We recommend bit on devices that have 4 GB or more of memory.

But you should assess application compatibility and other factors that might require you to use the bit version. For more information, see Choose between the bit or bit version of Office. For example, to not install Publisher, you can include the following line in your configuration. Where to get security and quality updates from. For example, directly from the Office CDN on the internet.

The default is to get updates directly from the Office CDN on the internet. This is recommended and requires the least amount of administrative effort. But this means that you must download the updates from the Office CDN and copy them to the shared folder. Office uses the concept of update channels to determine which updates an installed version of Office receives.

This is recommended.