How to download and install Microsoft Office offline?

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How to download and install Microsoft Office offline?

Jun H 0

I need to install Microsoft Office on a PC that has no internet access

Could someone guide me on how to download the full offline installer?

Thanks in advance!

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Answer 1

Bence Weiszmann 1,555

Dear @Jun H

Please see Microsoft's official guide for the Office offline installer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/lifecycle/officeinstall/use-the-office-offline-installer

Best regards,

Bence

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For a PC with no internet access, use the Microsoft 365 offline installer. For business plans, use the Office Deployment Tool (ODT).

On a PC that has internet access, create a folder such as C:\ODT.
Download and install the Office Deployment Tool.
Open Notepad and create a configuration XML file based on the edition needed:

For Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise, 64-bit:

<Configuration>
  <Add OfficeClientEdition="64">
    <Product ID="O365ProPlusRetail">
      <Language ID="en-us" />
    </Product>
  </Add>
</Configuration>

Save it as installOfficeProPlus64.xml in C:\ODT.

For Microsoft 365 Apps for business, 64-bit:

<Configuration>
  <Add OfficeClientEdition="64">
    <Product ID="O365BusinessRetail">
      <Language ID="en-us" />
    </Product>
  </Add>
</Configuration>

Save it as installOfficeBusRet64.xml in C:\ODT.

If a different language is needed, replace en-us with the required language ID.

Open Run and download the installation files:

Enterprise 64-bit: c:\odt\setup.exe /download installOfficeProPlus64.xml
Business 64-bit: c:\odt\setup.exe /download installOfficeBusRet64.xml

Wait for the download to finish. When complete, an Office folder appears inside C:\ODT.
Copy the C:\ODT folder to the offline PC.
On the offline PC, open Run and start installation:

Enterprise 64-bit: c:\odt\setup.exe /configure installOfficeProPlus64.xml
Business 64-bit: c:\odt\setup.exe /configure installOfficeBusRet64.xml

If prompted by User Account Control, select Yes. The install begins.
After installation, connect to the internet at least once to activate Office by opening an Office app and going to File > Account. Then use Update Options > Update Now to get the latest updates.

If the product is a consumer Microsoft 365 purchase instead of a business plan, the offline installer can also be downloaded from the account portal by selecting Offline installer from Choose a version, then opening the downloaded O365HomePremRetail.img, mounting it, and running Setup32.exe or Setup64.exe from the virtual drive.