I read the following on a Microsoft support page.  Is this behavior the same when using the group policy to set the updatetargetversion?  I just wanted to make sure the schedule randomizing still occurs when the version is specified which will be the last months version.  We are using the default path http://officecdn.microsoft.com/

When the latest update is available, Office will schedule a time randomly over the next few days to download and install the update. When the update triggers, the client performs a delta comparison to determine which pieces have changed and then only retrieves the pieces that have been updated to reduce network traffic. The random scheduling is also done so not all users are downloading from the web at the same time. To enable this type of updates management, in the Configuration.xml file used for install, set the enable updates to true but do not add a specified path. This will default the path to the Office 365 service http://officecdn.microsoft.com/

Hi,

Some of your post seems to be quoted from this blog.

As mentioned in the blog, three options are introduced:

#1 User machines receive automatic updates from Microsoft

#2 User machines pull updates from an internal location controlled by the admin

#3 Disable automatic updates

The second paragraph in your post talks about the first option, that is to let user machines receive automatic updates from Microsoft, administrators don't specify the updates for users in this scenario.

If you want to set the target version by group policy, it's actually the second option, "User machines pull updates from an internal location controlled by the admin". You can use either Office Deployment Tool or Group Policy to control the update. For more details, you can learn from Configure update settings for Office 365 ProPlus.

Regards,

Melon Chen
TechNet Community Su

I have tested the scenario of using the group policy to specify version and pulling the updates from Microsoft and it does work. I was just wondering if it would be randomized as it is when you don't specify.

I was just wondering if it would be randomized as it is when you don't specify.

Hi,

As introduced in the mentioned blog, if you specify, "each machines will pull the deltas at a random time over a few days to minimize network traffic".

Regards,

Melon Chen
TechNet Community Su