How to move from MS Office Mac App Store to PKG Distribution?

I am looking for a best practice way to move from a MS Office Mac App Store Installation to MS Office PKG Installation.

We have currently some Clients with MS Office from the Mac App Store, those Clients shoul get MS Office via PKG Installation in the future.

Can we simply remove the MAS MS Office Apps from the Clients and replace them with the PKG MS Office Apps?

Thanks in advance.

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Yes, the migration is as simple as pushing the package version from Jamf. A Single policy deploying a script to remove the app before the package to install the app runs is best.

Also configure Microsoft Auto Updater (a Configuration Profile) if you have not done so already or use Jamfs Mac Apps to manage updates and you can pretty much forget office is there.

Yes, the migration is as simple as pushing the package version from Jamf. A Single policy deploying a script to remove the app before the package to install the app runs is best.

Also configure Microsoft Auto Updater (a Configuration Profile) if you have not done so already or use Jamfs Mac Apps to manage updates and you can pretty much forget office is there.

Does this also work for OneDrive?

PKG Outlook can use the data from the previous MAS Outlook without any issues?

So I simply have to stop the MAS Office Distribution in Jamf, run a script to remove the MAS Office Apps on the target Clients and then run the Office PKG Installer on the Clients?

Thanks!

Does this also work for OneDrive?

PKG Outlook can use the data from the previous MAS Outlook without any issues?

So I simply have to stop the MAS Office Distribution in Jamf, run a script to remove the MAS Office Apps on the target Clients and then run the Office PKG Installer on the Clients?

Thanks!

Yes, the same would go for any other app. Just remove the AppStore version (make sure its not configured to auto reinstall), and target the device with a Policy to deploy a package with the App.

Does this also work for OneDrive?

PKG Outlook can use the data from the previous MAS Outlook without any issues?

So I simply have to stop the MAS Office Distribution in Jamf, run a script to remove the MAS Office Apps on the target Clients and then run the Office PKG Installer on the Clients?

Thanks!

Replacing the MAS version of OneDrive with the standalone version isn't quite so simple because the prefs domains are different (documented here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/deploy-and-configure-on-macos) so you'll need to update any Configuration Profile you'd used to provide OneDrive settings.

I've never had to try removing the MAS version myself, but I have seen it recommended that before deleting the app you should run the /Applications/OneDrive.app/Contents/Resources/ResetOneDriveAppStandalone.command script which will will remove everything in ~/Library/Group Containers/<onedrive> as well as the content in ~/Library/CloudStorage. The latter gets archived into a folder (the location varies depending on macOS version) with all of the on-disk (non-dataless) content. (That info comes from posts regarding the script in the #microsoft-onedrive channel on MacAdmins Slack)

Same as OneDrive, Outlook will setup like new and download the data.

For Other apps like, Excel, Word, Powerpoint you can remove _MASReceipt folder inside .app Content folder, it will convert to pkg version

This is the OneDrive Uninstall Script from Microsoft, Am I right that it has to be run as the logged in User and not as Root User when executed via Self Service?

#!/bin/bash

# This script cleans OneDrive standalone app states
MyPath=`dirname ${0}`
MyDir=`realpath $MyPath`
GroupContainer=~/Library/Group\\ Containers/UBF8T346G9.OneDriveStandaloneSuite
SupportFolder=~/Library/Application\\ Support/OneDrive
LogFolder=~/Library/Logs/OneDrive
ExtensionBundleId=com.microsoft.OneDrive.FileProvider
DocumentsFolder=~/Documents
DesktopFolder=~/Desktop
PicturesFolder=~/Pictures

echo killing OneDrive
killall OneDrive

if [ -d "$GroupContainer" ]; then
    echo removing GroupContainer: $GroupContainer
    rm -rf "$GroupContainer"
fi

if [ -d "$SupportFolder" ]; then
    echo removing $SupportFolder
    rm -rf "$SupportFolder"
fi

if [ -d "$LogFolder" ]; then
    echo removing $LogFolder
    rm -rf "$LogFolder"
fi

for KNOWNFOLDER in $DocumentsFolder $DesktopFolder $PicturesFolder
do
    echo Checking $KNOWNFOLDER
    if [ -h "$KNOWNFOLDER" ]; then
        # Check if the symlink has our expected xattr
        XATTR=`xattr -s $KNOWNFOLDER`
        if [[ "$XATTR" == *"com.microsoft.OneDrive.KnownFolderVolFs"* ]]; then
            echo Deleting Known Folder symlink at $KNOWNFOLDER
            chflags -h nouchg "$KNOWNFOLDER"
            rm -f "$KNOWNFOLDER"
            if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
                echo Failed to delete Known Folder symlink at $KNOWNFOLDER. Grant Terminal.app with Full Disk Access, and try again.
                exit $?;
            else
                mkdir "$KNOWNFOLDER"
            fi
        fi
    fi
done

echo Archiving all File Provider domains belonging to $ExtensionBundleId
$MyDir/../MacOS/OneDrive /removedomains
echo Done archiving domains

echo removing defaults
rm -f ~/Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.OneDrive.plist
rm -f ~/Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.OneDriveUpdater.plist
rm -f ~/Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.OneDriveStandaloneUpdater.plist

echo killing cfprefsd
killall cfprefsd

echo waiting for cfprefsd
defaults read NSGlobalDomain > /dev/null

echo disabling Finder Extension
/usr/bin/pluginkit -e ignore -i com.microsoft.OneDrive.FinderSync
echo stopping Finder Extension
killall FinderSync

PASSWORD_MATCH="Used to identify you when you start up OneDrive Standalone."
security find-generic-password -j "$PASSWORD_MATCH" &> /dev/null
while [ $? -eq 0 ]; do
    security delete-generic-password -j "$PASSWORD_MATCH"
    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
       echo Failed to clear cached credentials for business
    fi
    security find-generic-password -j "$PASSWORD_MATCH" &> /dev/null
done

PASSWORD_MATCH="Used to identify you when you start up OneDrive Standalone for business."
security find-generic-password -j "$PASSWORD_MATCH" &> /dev/null
while [ $? -eq 0 ]; do
    security delete-generic-password -j "$PASSWORD_MATCH"
    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
       echo Failed to clear cached credentials for business
    fi
    security find-generic-password -j "$PASSWORD_MATCH" &> /dev/null
done

PASSWORD_MATCH="com.microsoft.OneDrive.HockeySDK"
security find-generic-password -l "$PASSWORD_MATCH" &> /dev/null
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    security delete-generic-password -l "$PASSWORD_MATCH"
    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
       echo Failed to clear OneDrive main App HockeySDK password credential
    fi
fi

PASSWORD_MATCH="com.microsoft.OneDrive.FinderSync.HockeySDK"
security find-generic-password -l "$PASSWORD_MATCH" &> /dev/null
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    security delete-generic-password -l "$PASSWORD_MATCH"
    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
       echo Failed to clear OneDrive FinderSync HockeySDK credential
    fi
fi

PASSWORD_MATCH="com.microsoft.OneDriveUpdater.HockeySDK"
security find-generic-password -l "$PASSWORD_MATCH" &> /dev/null
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    security delete-generic-password -l "$PASSWORD_MATCH"
    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
       echo Failed to clear OneDriveUpdater HockeySDK credential
    fi
fi

PERSISTED_COOKIE_MATCH="com.microsoft.onedrive.cookies"
security find-generic-password -s "$PERSISTED_COOKIE_MATCH" &> /dev/null
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    security delete-generic-password -s "$PERSISTED_COOKIE_MATCH"
    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
        echo Failed to clear OneDrive persistent cookies
    fi
fi

PERSISTED_COOKIE_VALIDATORS_MATCH="com.microsoft.onedrive.cookievalidators"
security find-generic-password -s "$PERSISTED_COOKIE_VALIDATORS_MATCH" &> /dev/null
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    security delete-generic-password -s "$PERSISTED_COOKIE_VALIDATORS_MATCH"
    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
        echo Failed to clear OneDrive persistent cookie validators
    fi
fi

This is the OneDrive Uninstall Script from Microsoft, Am I right that it has to be run as the logged in User and not as Root User when executed via Self Service?

#!/bin/bash

# This script cleans OneDrive standalone app states
MyPath=`dirname ${0}`
MyDir=`realpath $MyPath`
GroupContainer=~/Library/Group\\ Containers/UBF8T346G9.OneDriveStandaloneSuite
SupportFolder=~/Library/Application\\ Support/OneDrive
LogFolder=~/Library/Logs/OneDrive
ExtensionBundleId=com.microsoft.OneDrive.FileProvider
DocumentsFolder=~/Documents
DesktopFolder=~/Desktop
PicturesFolder=~/Pictures

echo killing OneDrive
killall OneDrive

if [ -d "$GroupContainer" ]; then
    echo removing GroupContainer: $GroupContainer
    rm -rf "$GroupContainer"
fi

if [ -d "$SupportFolder" ]; then
    echo removing $SupportFolder
    rm -rf "$SupportFolder"
fi

if [ -d "$LogFolder" ]; then
    echo removing $LogFolder
    rm -rf "$LogFolder"
fi

for KNOWNFOLDER in $DocumentsFolder $DesktopFolder $PicturesFolder
do
    echo Checking $KNOWNFOLDER
    if [ -h "$KNOWNFOLDER" ]; then
        # Check if the symlink has our expected xattr
        XATTR=`xattr -s $KNOWNFOLDER`
        if [[ "$XATTR" == *"com.microsoft.OneDrive.KnownFolderVolFs"* ]]; then
            echo Deleting Known Folder symlink at $KNOWNFOLDER
            chflags -h nouchg "$KNOWNFOLDER"
            rm -f "$KNOWNFOLDER"
            if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
                echo Failed to delete Known Folder symlink at $KNOWNFOLDER. Grant Terminal.app with Full Disk Access, and try again.
                exit $?;
            else
                mkdir "$KNOWNFOLDER"
            fi
        fi
    fi
done

echo Archiving all File Provider domains belonging to $ExtensionBundleId
$MyDir/../MacOS/OneDrive /removedomains
echo Done archiving domains

echo removing defaults
rm -f ~/Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.OneDrive.plist
rm -f ~/Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.OneDriveUpdater.plist
rm -f ~/Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.OneDriveStandaloneUpdater.plist

echo killing cfprefsd
killall cfprefsd

echo waiting for cfprefsd
defaults read NSGlobalDomain > /dev/null

echo disabling Finder Extension
/usr/bin/pluginkit -e ignore -i com.microsoft.OneDrive.FinderSync
echo stopping Finder Extension
killall FinderSync

PASSWORD_MATCH="Used to identify you when you start up OneDrive Standalone."
security find-generic-password -j "$PASSWORD_MATCH" &> /dev/null
while [ $? -eq 0 ]; do
    security delete-generic-password -j "$PASSWORD_MATCH"
    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
       echo Failed to clear cached credentials for business
    fi
    security find-generic-password -j "$PASSWORD_MATCH" &> /dev/null
done

PASSWORD_MATCH="Used to identify you when you start up OneDrive Standalone for business."
security find-generic-password -j "$PASSWORD_MATCH" &> /dev/null
while [ $? -eq 0 ]; do
    security delete-generic-password -j "$PASSWORD_MATCH"
    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
       echo Failed to clear cached credentials for business
    fi
    security find-generic-password -j "$PASSWORD_MATCH" &> /dev/null
done

PASSWORD_MATCH="com.microsoft.OneDrive.HockeySDK"
security find-generic-password -l "$PASSWORD_MATCH" &> /dev/null
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    security delete-generic-password -l "$PASSWORD_MATCH"
    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
       echo Failed to clear OneDrive main App HockeySDK password credential
    fi
fi

PASSWORD_MATCH="com.microsoft.OneDrive.FinderSync.HockeySDK"
security find-generic-password -l "$PASSWORD_MATCH" &> /dev/null
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    security delete-generic-password -l "$PASSWORD_MATCH"
    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
       echo Failed to clear OneDrive FinderSync HockeySDK credential
    fi
fi

PASSWORD_MATCH="com.microsoft.OneDriveUpdater.HockeySDK"
security find-generic-password -l "$PASSWORD_MATCH" &> /dev/null
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    security delete-generic-password -l "$PASSWORD_MATCH"
    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
       echo Failed to clear OneDriveUpdater HockeySDK credential
    fi
fi

PERSISTED_COOKIE_MATCH="com.microsoft.onedrive.cookies"
security find-generic-password -s "$PERSISTED_COOKIE_MATCH" &> /dev/null
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    security delete-generic-password -s "$PERSISTED_COOKIE_MATCH"
    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
        echo Failed to clear OneDrive persistent cookies
    fi
fi

PERSISTED_COOKIE_VALIDATORS_MATCH="com.microsoft.onedrive.cookievalidators"
security find-generic-password -s "$PERSISTED_COOKIE_VALIDATORS_MATCH" &> /dev/null
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    security delete-generic-password -s "$PERSISTED_COOKIE_VALIDATORS_MATCH"
    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
        echo Failed to clear OneDrive persistent cookie validators
    fi
fi

@JevermannNG Yes, that script needs to be run as the logged in user. The indicator for that is the script uses the "~" in file paths rather than prograttically determining the path to the home directory of the logged in user.

@shrisivakumaran Should I ran an Outlook Uninstaller before switching to the Outlook PKG Version?

try running this
rm -rf /Applications/Microsoft\\ Outlook.app/Contents/_MASRe*

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