Initiate office update through Group Policy or PowerShell

Question

_{Thursday, July 6, 2017 8:59 AM}

Hello,

I've recently found that Office 2013 & 2016 versions, which are not volume licensing, do not update through WSUS. They all have set Automatic updates but this is done using a scheduled task. Well we have disabled task scheduler and now the office suits don't update automatically. Is there a registry setting to make them update through WSUS? Or at least some way to initiate automatic update check remotely using powershell?

All replies (2)

_{Saturday, July 8, 2017 4:10 PM}

Hi,

We can use WSUS to update the click-to-run version of Office 2013 and 2016, however in this case, Configuration Manager is also required. 

Read more:

Manage Office 365 ProPlus updates with System Center Configuration Manager

Alternatively, you might be able to use the following command to trigger the update:

e.g. C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\Clientx64\OfficeC2RClient.exe /update user updatetoversion=<exact build number>

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Ethan Hua

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_{Tuesday, July 25, 2017 1:07 PM}

As far as I can see the link concerns only office 365 not office 2013 & 2016 as is written in the first post.