Offline Installer for MS Office 365 Home Premium & Personal Now Available!

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Until recently, you were forced to use an online installer for your MS Office desktop apps if you were an Office 365 Home Premium, University, or Personal subscriber.

 

Now, Microsoft has made Office 2106 offline install media for Office 365 subscribers! You can burn the file to disc and install it on as many PCs as you like without needing to be connected to the internet. This is a good way to keep a backup of your install so you can quickly get going if you need to install on a new PC or a clean install of Windows.

 

After you install Office 2016, you can use it right away. You will need to eventually sign in to your Office 365 account to activate the software after the grace period runs out.

 

Here's how to do it:

 

Go to your Office 365 account page and choose to install Office.

Rather than clicking the orange install button, click Language and advanced options.

You will find the option to download an offline installer. You get both 32 bit and 64 bit in the same package.

Watch the video if you need a guided instruction.

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12 minutes ago, warwagon said:

Sweet! I love me some offline installers!

Same. But this is more than just an installer. it's a retail DVD image, complete with both 64 and 32 bit installers. You can burn it to disc if you want or back up the image file. This is like getting a free physical copy for Office 365. I never thought this would happen.

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11 hours ago, UXGaurav said:

Yep it will definitely help with the forced updates in Office 365.

Excuse me? Unlike Windows 10, updates to Office 365 desktop apps are completely optional. You can even stay with Office 2013 and choose to manually install updates. It might change in the future, knowing Microsoft's recent strategy. But it that hasn't happened yet.

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7 hours ago, Nazmus Shakib Khandaker said:

Excuse me? Unlike Windows 10, updates to Office 365 desktop apps are completely optional. You can even stay with Office 2013 and choose to manually install updates. It might change in the future, knowing Microsoft's recent strategy. But it that hasn't happened yet.

The last time I tried Office 365/Office 2013, it used App-V streaming technology and I didn't see an easy way to control updates. If I installed the MSI (Windows Installer) version, then updates were being delivered over Windows Update but again in Windows 10, no control over them. Can you choose the Office 365 updates to install, see their size and skip the ones that are too big to download and don't bring anything worthwhile? I would like a screenshot of it since you claim they are optional.

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4 hours ago, UXGaurav said:

The last time I tried Office 365/Office 2013, it used App-V streaming technology and I didn't see an easy way to control updates. If I installed the MSI (Windows Installer) version, then updates were being delivered over Windows Update but again in Windows 10, no control over them. Can you choose the Office 365 updates to install, see their size and skip the ones that are too big to download and don't bring anything worthwhile? I would like a screenshot of it since you claim they are optional.

I am surprised you didn't know that you can disable updates to Office 365. You seem to know how to manage updates to MSI based installs, so I would think you already knew this. But anyway, here's a screenshot as you requested.

 

Yes, like you said, an MSI install is managed by Windows update and lets you pick and choose components. But I never said Office 365 let's you pick and choose updates. I only said updates are optional. You either turn on updates or turn them off. All updates are cumulative, but they are optional, unlike in Windows 10.

 

Here's your screenshot

 

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LOL :p Windows 10 Updates are also optional. Just turn off the Windows Update service from Services.msc and they will be disabled. It's an all or none switch. Nice "improvement" by Microsoft.

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