Step 1: Create shared folders for Office installation filesīecause you're deploying Microsoft 365 Apps from a local source, you have to create folders to store the Office installation files. For more details, see Customize your deployment. You can customize these options to match the requirements for your organization, including deploying to more than two groups, changing update channels, and deploying Visio and Project. For more details, see Choose your update channels.
For more details, see Choose how to manage updates.
If you want to install Office on a single device or small number of devices, we recommend reviewing Download and install or reinstall Microsoft 365 or Office 2021 on a PC or Mac or Use the Office offline installer. This article is intended for administrators in enterprise environments working with hundreds or thousands of computers. If you haven't already, complete the assessment and planning phases for your Office deployment. If that is not the case, then you should use your organization's standard deployment tools and processes to install Office. Make sure your users have local admin privileges on their client devices. Deploy Microsoft 365 Apps from a local sourceįollow 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).