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Office 365 "UpdateChannel" registry key

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Monday, October 16, 2017 3:38 PM

Please tell me what the exact function of the HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Office\ClickToRun\Configuration\UpdateChannel key is or does and what are the implications if it differs from the HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Office\ClickToRun\Configuration\CDNBaseURL key.

DB_03

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Tuesday, October 17, 2017 8:26 AM | 1 vote

Please tell me what the exact function of the HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Office\ClickToRun\Configuration\UpdateChannel key is or does and what are the implications if it differs from the HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Office\ClickToRun\Configuration\CDNBaseURL key.

DB_03

Hi,

We can refer to the HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Office\ClickToRun\Configuration\CDNBaseURL value to determine the update channel for your Office 365 ProPlus:

For the HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Office\ClickToRun\Configuration\UpdateChannel key, it is also different with the CDNBaseUrl key in my machine. And there is no issue with Office updates. You can check the Office updates in your side, if there is no issue, it is safe that the UpdateChannel key is different with the CDNBaseUrl key.

Best Regards,
Winnie Liang

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Monday, October 23, 2017 10:49 AM

Hi,

Any updates on the issue? Hope everything is fine in your side.

If my reply is helpful, would mind to mark it as answer to close the thread? If you need any further help, please feel free to post back for more discussion.

Best Regards,
Winnie Liang

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Monday, October 23, 2017 1:59 PM

Hi Winnie, unfortunately I already had the information you supplied, I was really trying to mine what exactly the Update Channel key is, what does it do? I already had the CDNBaseURL information and the channels that key represents, they were outlined quite well my MS. Thanks for trying though.

DB_03


Sunday, March 4, 2018 6:00 PM

I came across your post as I have the same question. In my case, trying to deploy updates via SCCM stopped working as of January 2018 unless CDNBaseURL and UpdateChannel match. Setting them to the same setting/url allowed me to successfully deploy the O365 update, but after the update they do not match again.


Monday, October 15, 2018 3:26 PM

Any update on this?

I noticed that altering "CDNBaseURL" actually changes the behavior of updates. 

So what is the point of "UpdateChannel"?


Wednesday, October 24, 2018 4:49 PM

No updates to report, sorry. Thread can be closed by moderator.

DB_03


Friday, November 16, 2018 1:38 PM

I notice the opposite. If i change CDNBaseURL, nothing happens (SCCM software center Updates shows nothing). But if i change UpdateChannel, then Software center shows the deployed update(s)