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When macOS Mojave’s Mac App Stores new look was unveiled during WWDC 2018 it was also announced that Microsoft would be bringing the Office suite to the Mac App Store.
Well, earlier this week the announcement was fulfilled.
See below for some information on how this might affect us admins as well as some things to consider.
Start quickly with the most recent versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote and OneDrive —combining the familiarity of Office and the unique Mac features you love. Work online or offline, on your own or with others in real time—whatever works for what you’re doing. The Microsoft Office 365 consists of many useful tools like Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote. Well, the Microsoft’s Office 365 suite is now finally available on the Mac App Store. So here’s everything you need to know about the availability of Microsoft Office 365 on Apple’s Mac App Store.
Contents
- 2 So, I can now just deploy Microsoft Office from the Mac App Store?
- 3 Deployment
Microsoft have supplied a KB for use admins centred around deployment, which is available here.
The following has mostly come from the above, just expanded upon a little further.
Well, no. or maybe. erm, it’s not quite that simple.
There are a few things to be mindful of beforehand.
Version
Office 365 is the version of the Office suite which is available via the Mac App Store.
If you see the versioning section in my previous post on Microsoft Office, I mention the version 16.17+ being for both 2019 & O365. This is still correct but see below for a difference.
Licensing
Whilst these Mac App Store apps are the same version as the “2019” suite, the Mac App Store Office Apps cannot be volume license as per:
![Mac Mac](/uploads/1/3/4/1/134130491/148014264.png)
No. Perpetual licenses, including Office 2019 and Office 2016, are not supported with Office apps available from the Mac App Store. The Volume License (VL) Serializer is not compatible with these apps. Attempts to use a perpetual license with Mac App Store apps will cause the apps to enter reduced functionality mode.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployoffice/mac/deploy-mac-app-storeOperating System Support
Again, in my previous post I mention which versions of the Office Suite support which versions of macOS.
And above I mentioned that, we’re looking at the current O365 version of the Office Suite.
So, it should make sense that the O365 apps available on the App Store support 10.12+ & up.
If you support older OS’s, (why?), then these are not for you.
Ok, so you’ve reviewed the above & still wish to go through with your deployment. Below are some more things to bear in mind.
VPP
As we’re talking about apps available on the Mac App Store, you’ll need an MDM/EMM to deploy these apps via VPP.
Another item to mention here is that VPP cannot do “Suites”, so instead of deploying the Office 365 Suite you’ll need to deployment the component apps one-by-one.
Migrating to the Mac App Store Office Apps
If you are already deploying O365 & wish to move to deploying the Apps via VPP, I’m afraid it’s not as simple as deploying the VPP apps on top.
Microsoft do mention this in a section of their KB, which I’ve quoted below:
There is no automated process for performing a CDN to Mac App Store conversion. Depending on your EMM’s capabilities, you may be able to orchestrate the process through a script. The high-level steps for each Mac are as follows:
1. Close all Office apps
2. Remove the Office apps from the /Applications folder
3. Remove the Office entries from the keychain
4. Remove the Office package registrations (
5. Trigger the MDM server to install the Office apps (such as
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployoffice/mac/deploy-mac-app-store#can-i-convert-an-existing-cdn-based-office-installation-to-mac-app-store1. Close all Office apps
2. Remove the Office apps from the /Applications folder
3. Remove the Office entries from the keychain
4. Remove the Office package registrations (
pkgutil --forget
)5. Trigger the MDM server to install the Office apps (such as
jamf recon
)The majority of the above is simple enough, but step 3 refers to items on the User Keychain.
Paul Bowden has a script which can be used for this, but depending on if a deployment is multi-user etc this might become a little complex. Especially if you’re looking to logout then perform the steps 2-5 above.
At dataJAR, I’ve tasked Darren with looking into this & if an elegant workflow is found he’ll post it on his blog.
Microsoft Office App Store For Mac Free
Detection
Nikon capture nx 2. If you’re not sure how the Office Apps installed on your devices were installed, Microsoft do note the following:
• Open Finder, and navigate to the Applications folder
• Locate the Office app (such as Microsoft Outlook.app), control-click, and choose Show Package Contents
• Navigate into the Contents folder
• If a folder named
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployoffice/mac/deploy-mac-app-store#how-can-i-tell-if-an-office-app-was-downloaded-from-the-mac-app-store• Locate the Office app (such as Microsoft Outlook.app), control-click, and choose Show Package Contents
• Navigate into the Contents folder
• If a folder named
_MASReceipt
is present, the app was downloaded from the Mac App StoreReduced Functionality Mode
A valid O365 subscription is needed to be able to edit documents in Word, Excel & PowerPoint, or to send emails within Outlook.
This is important as you might deploy the O365 apps to a Mac, but those apps might not be activated via a valid subscription.
This might be due to the O365 apps not being activated by that user.
Or the VPP apps have been deployed to a Mac with a Volume License or a Volume License has been deployed post VPP app install.
Microsoft has another article on this, & you have two options if the above is the issue. Which depends on the end goal license:
- O365: Completely remove the Office Apps & keychain etc, as per these steps, then reinstall from the Mac App Store & activate via a valid O365 license.
- 2019: Completely remove the Office Apps installed from the Mac App Store, & re-install the “CDN” versions, as per these steps.
Well, at dataJAR, we are going to leverage VPP for all new O365 deployments.
Microsoft Office App Store For Mac Computer
For those we’ve historically deployed O365 apps from the “CDN” media, as the migration steps seem a bit of a faff & the end-user is getting the same versions, we’ll leave them as they are.
![Microsoft app store Microsoft app store](/uploads/1/3/4/1/134130491/722747003.png)
Microsoft Office App Store For Mac Desktop
We’ll then review this if the migration steps become simpler.
Microsoft has released the Office suite on the Mac App Store. While the office apps were expected to be launched on the Mac App Store by the end of 2018, they have been announced now after some delay. Apple, in a blog post welcomed Office 365 to the Mac App Store.
It is to be noted that Microsoft Office apps have been available to Mac users for a long time now, however, prior to this, they were forced to download the apps from Microsoft’s website, which was an issue as most users prefer to just download apps from the App Store. Now, users will be able to download the Office apps from the Mac App Store, making it easier to download and use.
The bundle includes six apps from Microsoft – Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, OneNote and OneDrive. While these apps are free to download, you will need Office 365 Subscription to even use the basic features in most apps. Another benefit of this is that Office apps will be automatically updated through the app store and users will not have to use Microsoft’s AutoUpdate tool to update their Office apps anymore.
Users will be able to avail a free 1-month trial of Office 365, after which, they have the option to choose from Office 365 Personal at $69.99 a year or Office 365 Home at $99.99 a year. While Office 365 Personal is for a single user, Office 365 Home allows for up to six users on PC or Mac. If you subscribe with either of the plans, you will get 60 minutes of skype calls per month, and an additional 1TB of OneDrive storage per user.
In a statement, Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of worldwide marketing said - “We are excited to welcome Microsoft Office 365 to the all-new Mac App Store in macOS Mojave. Apple and Microsoft have worked together to bring great Office productivity to Mac users from the very beginning. Now, with Office 365 on the Mac App Store, it’s easier than ever to get the latest and best version of Office 365 for Mac, iPad and iPhone.”