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Office for Mac that comes with a Microsoft 365 subscription is updated on a regular basis to provide new features, security updates, and non-security updates. The following information is primarily intended for IT professionals who are deploying Office for Mac to the users in their organizations.

Note

• Office for Mac received Touch Bar support in an update on February 16, 2017, following the launch of the 2016 MacBook Pro models. 32-bit versions of Office for Mac won't run on macOS Catalina; therefore, version 15.25 is the earliest version of Office for Mac that will run on the latest version of macOS.
• Collaborate for free with online versions of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and OneNote. Save documents, spreadsheets, and presentations online, in OneDrive.

• Starting with Version 16.21, Microsoft Teams will be installed by default for new installations if you're using the Office suite install package. For more information, see Microsoft Teams installations on a Mac.
• For security reason, Microsoft has deprecated the use of SHA-1. Learn more
• Starting with the 16.17 release in September 2018, this information also applies to Office 2019 for Mac, which is a version of Office for Mac that’s available as a one-time purchase from a retail store or through a volume licensing agreement.
• For information about the features, security updates, and non-security updates that are included in a given release of Office for Mac, see Release notes for Office for Mac.
• For early access to new releases, join the Office Insider program.

The following table provides release history information and download links for Office for Mac. The table is ordered by release date, with the most recent release date listed first. The build date is listed in parentheses, in a YYMMDD format, after the version number. All releases after August 22, 2016 are 64-bit only.

Most current packages for Office for Mac

The following table lists the most current packages for the Office suite and for the individual applications. The Office suite includes all the individual applications, such as Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. All packages are 64-bit only. The build date is listed in parentheses, in a YYMMDD format, after the version number. The install package is used if you don't have the application already installed, while the update package is used to update an existing installation.

To view release notes, see Release notes.

January 13, 2021

Version 16.45 (21011103)

Release history for Office for Mac

The following table provides release history information and download links for Office for Mac. The table is ordered by release date, with the most recent release date listed first. The build date is listed in parentheses, in a YYMMDD format, after the version number. All releases after August 22, 2016 are 64-bit only. All releases prior to August 22, 2016 are 32-bit only.

Note

• Download links are only provided for the most recent releases.
• Only the most recently released version listed below is supported.

Update: for a quick way to do this with PowerShell see: blog here

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As discussed in this post, Understanding Office Click-to-Run, Branches, MSI and Skype for Business Client Versions, Office 2016 Click to Run is released in 5 “Channels” (previously branches)

2 for normal users:

• Current Channel (previously called Current) (Current)
• Deferred Channel (previously Current Branch for Business) (Business)

And 2 for validation/testing:

• Office Insider Fast (Insiderfast) – weekly builds, not generally supported
• First Release Channel (FirstReleaseCurrent) – the preview of the current branch, this is the “pre-release” of current
• First Release for Deferred Channel (previously First Release for Current Branch for Business) (Validation) – the preview of the business branch

The current channel gets feature and security updates monthly and is the default for Home installs

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Deferred Channel (the default for enterprises) gets security updates monthly but only gets feature updates every 4 months, giving businesses more time to assess the impact of any changes. There is also a branch for business to test the upcoming Deferred Channel, the catchily titled “First Release for Deferred Channel”

Office 365 “First Release” Channel (Office Insider Slow), is essentially a preview of the current channel, with build updates once or twice a month. Finally Office Insider Fast offers weekly unsupported builds with all the latest features

You can define the branch of an install at point of install with the Office Deployment Tool which uses an XML file to customise the install and optionally set the branch, for example, this XML sets the install to the Deferred Channel

You can also choose your channel by setting a registry key and/or you can set you branch by GPO, including setting it by GPO on the local machine.

Note, changing the channel “down” for example from FirstReleaseCurrent to Current does not seem to cause office to “roll back” from the newer build to the current build for that branch.

Setting Office Click to Run Channel via the Registry

Here is the registry key to choose a channel (Thanks to Kyle in the comments!)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPolicies

Microsoft
office16.0commonofficeupdate

Value name: updatebranch
Value type: REG_SZ

Set the value to:

• Insiderfast (Office Insider Fast)
• FirstReleaseCurrent (for First Release Branch/Office Insider Slow)
• Current (for Current)
• Validation (for First Release for Deferred Channel)
• Business (for Deferred Channel)

Setting Office Click to Run Channel via Group Policy

Here is how to set it for a machine using a local GPO, i.e. it can be configured on the local machine with administrator access.

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First, download the Office 2016 Administrative Template files (ADMX/ADML).

When you run it, it will extract the following files:

• Copy the .amdx files files from the admx folder to C:WindowsPolicyDefinitions

• Copy the ADML files the relevant language folder, e.g. en-us, to the relevant folder on your system e.g. C:WindowsPolicyDefinitionsen-US

You technically only need office16.admx and office16.adml to set the branch

Update Office For Mac

Do a gpupdate/force under CMD as an administrator

Office Version History For Mac

Run gpedit.msc and fine the Administrative Template for Office 2016 then Updates and set the Update Channel to one of the following, in order of most up to date to least

• Insiderfast (Office Insider Fast)
• FirstReleaseCurrent (for First Release Branch/Office Insider Slow)
• Current (for Current)
• Validation (for First Release for Deferred Channel)
• Business (for Deferred Channel)

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After another gpupdate, my install previously on the Deferred Channel was ready for an update