
For more information, see Customize your deployment. You can customize these options to match the requirements for your organization, including deploying additional or different update channels, and deploying Visio and Project. Create a second package for installing Monthly Enterprise Channel for users who need more predictability and a fixed update cycle. This enables users to benefit from the latest features and product improvements as soon as possible.

To reduce the complexity of deploying and managing the Microsoft 365 Apps, we recommend using Microsoft Intune or Microsoft Configuration Manager. This can be achieved by either using a software deployment solution or allowing the users to run installations with admin privileges. This article is intended for administrators in environments where the account used to run the ODT has admin privileges on the client device. Office is installed accordingly from the downloaded files in step 1 and configured with the options you have specified here.Follow the steps in this article to deploy Microsoft 365 Apps to client computers from a shared folder on your network by using the Office Deployment Tool (ODT).

Step 2 Is where your config file comes in, let's call it installconfig.xml

Office installation files are downloaded to the same folder as the tool. Create a file called downloadconfig.xml in this example. Step 1 would look something like this, with ODT downloaded and your working in the local folder where it's kept. So this is a two-step process, download the installation files and then install Office - Overview of the Office 2016 Deployment Tool.

You have to download the setup files first with a different xml file and then Office can be installed.
