How do you patch MS office when there is no button or option

Question

we have office 365 installed on servers and we need to know how to patch the app. there is no option in advanced or anywhere that says download or install. this is in office365 also just office 2016

Answer 1

To patch MS Office 365 and Office 2016 on servers without a visible update option, follow these steps:

Use Windows Update:

• Open Control Panel.
  • Go to System and Security > Windows Update.
    • Click Check for updates and install any available updates for Microsoft products.
    Modify Group Policy Settings:

    - Press `Win + R`, type `gpedit.msc`, and press Enter.
    
       - Navigate to **Computer Configuration** > **Administrative Templates** > **Microsoft Office 2016 (or Office 365)** > **Updates**.
    
          - Enable the policy **“Enable Automatic Updates”**.
    

Registry Edit:

• Press Win + R, type regedit, and press Enter.
  • Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\office\16.0\common\officeupdate.
  • Set officemgmtcom to 0, enableautomaticupdates to 1, and hideenabledisableupdates to 01.
  Microsoft Update Tool:

  - Download and run the [Microsoft Support and Recovery Assistant](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/fix-your-outlook-email-connection-by-repairing-your-profile-4d5febf6-7623-486b-9a9f-d5cfc4264af3) to troubleshoot and apply updates.
  
  **Manual Download**:
  
     - Visit the [Microsoft Office Updates](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/install-office-updates-2ab296f3-7f03-43a2-8e50-46de917611c5) page to download updates manually.
  

These methods should help you patch Office 365 and Office 2016 on your servers.

Answer 2

Hi @Olufunso Adewumi

You may refer to Olufunso Adewumi's suggestions that configure "Enable Automatic Updates" policy, let Microsoft 365 automatically check for installed updates regularly.

For volume licensed versions of Microsoft Office 2016, please make sure 'Give me updates for other Microsoft products when I update Windows' option is enabled under Windows Updates part. Then Office 2016 will then be updated with Windows updates automatically.

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There are also other methods to get Office updates, you may refer following steps.

For Microsoft 365 Apps, please check out this article: Choose how to manage updates to Microsoft 365 Apps

For Volume licensed Office 2016, please search "Oputil.vbs script" and download this script.

Then download the newest .msp files (Include Non-security and "Security" updates from https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/home.aspxaccording to the kb number shown on: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/msp-files-office-2016#list-of-all-msp-files, put them together with "Oputil.vbs script" in a folder.

• Open cmd, go to the patch folder, use cd command to locate to this folder
• Then run cscript oputil.vbs /apply patch
• All patches in the folder will be installed automatically
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