Hi,

I've made a silent Office 2013 installer with /admin and put SP1 MSP's in the updates folder.

After deployment under installed updates it shows: Service Pack 1 for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB2817430) 32-Bit Edition

But when I check for new updates, "ServicePack 1 for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB2850036) 32-Bit Edition" is ready for download and install.

What is the difference between KB2817430 and KB2850036?
It seems that I cannot download KB2850036 and also integrate it in the silent installation.

Another question: Is the updates folder from Office only for servicepacks? or can I put also updates and patches MSP files in here? If yes then i've got a lot of files with the same name and different files sizes. For example After extracting SP1 I've got the file "proofsp-en-us.msp" which is 10MB and when extracting another patch also i've got a proof-en-us.msp and is 8MB.

So which one need to go in the updates folder?

Can anyone help me out?

thanks

• Edited by arjanver Friday, April 24, 2015 11:44 AM

Hi,

As can be seen from below KB articles, KB2817430 only contains Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Office 2013, whereas KB2850036 also contains Service Pack 1 (SP1) updates for other Office 2013 related desktop products. For example, Microsoft Office 2013 Language Pack, Project 2013, SharePoint Designer 2013, Office Proofing Tools 2013, etc.:

• https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2850036
• https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2817430

So if you have any of these products on your computer, Windows Update might offer related updates to you.

Regarding the Updates folder issue, you can put any Office software updates in it during the initial installation, such as service packs or hotfixes. A newer patch might make changes to a specific file, you can check the version number of that file, and keep the newer one in the folder.

Here is the reference you will need: http://blogs.technet.com/b/office_resource_kit/archive/2011/05/05/using-the-updates-folder-to-deploy-software-updates-with-an-office-2010-installation.aspx

(Note, it was created against Office 2010, however the steps should hold good for Office 2013)

Regards,

Ethan Hua
TechNet Community Support