Microsoft Office

When deploying Microsoft Office 2021, one of the key considerations is how to handle older, existing versions like Office 2010. By default, the modern Office installer will automatically remove these older versions, but for automated or customized deployments, you need more control. This guide will walk you through using the Office Deployment Tool (ODT) to create a silent, automated installation of Office 2021 that also cleanly removes any older Office versions. ...

If you’ve ever tried to activate Microsoft Office in a corporate or restricted network environment, you may have encountered frustrating activation failures. Even with a valid license, Office activation can fail if it cannot communicate with Microsoft’s activation servers. This is almost always due to a firewall blocking the necessary outbound traffic. This guide provides a comprehensive overview of the required domains and ports for Office activation and offers ready-to-use scripts to configure various firewalls, including Windows Firewall, Cisco ASA, Palo Alto, pfSense, and Linux iptables. ...