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MS changed version numbering for 2016

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rstasel
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Posted on ‎01-18-2018 10:29 AM

Hi All,

As I'm sure many of you will notice soon, MS changed their version numbering for Office 2016. Rather than 15.x, the latest patches are now 16.9.

This breaks all my Smart group logic... since now I have to look for two completely different versions. Licensed software also is a bit weird now.

How are people handling this? Just duplicating their licensed software profile, and smart groups, then setting policies to look at both, or...?

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mm2270
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Posted on ‎01-18-2018 11:12 AM

If you need it to be in one Smart Group, you can try this:

    Application Title | has | Microsoft Excel.app
and Application Version | like | 15.
or  Application Title | has | Microsoft Excel.app
and Application Version | like | 16.
and Application Version | not like | 16.9

In my quick tests, that seems to pull up Macs running any 15.x version and ones running a 16.x version that is not like 16.9.x.

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nkalister
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Posted on ‎10-04-2018 07:13 PM

If the latest 2019 version always being in the position as Latest Version is not the most ideal situation for some Admins, we'd recommend creating a feature request for a standalone 2016 suite of updates.

Hard to believe jamf thought reporting fully patched versions of office as unpatched would actually be acceptable.