When creating the configuration file, we recommend starting with an example file and updating it with the appropriate options for your environment. For example, you can edit the configuration file to download the 64-bit English edition of Office, or you can edit the file to install the 64-bit English edition of Office with the EULA automatically accepted and without Publisher. To work with the tool, you edit the configuration file to define what options you want, and then run setup.exe from the command line. The ODT consists of two files: setup.exe and configuration.xml. For more information, see Overview of the Office Customization Tool. With the Office Customization Tool, you can easily create and modify configuration files in a web-based interface. You can continue to create the configuration file in a text editor, but we recommend using the Office Customization Tool instead. To learn how to use the tool itself, see Overview of the Office Deployment Tool.īest practice: The options in this article show the XML elements and attributes in the configuration file. This article covers all the available options in the tool. The ODT gives you more control over an Office installation: you can define which products and languages are installed, how those products should be updated, and whether or not to display the install experience to your users. With the Office Deployment Tool (ODT), you can download and deploy Microsoft 365 Apps to your client computers.

Configuration options for the Office Deployment Tool

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