Office 2016 Preview block

[jwojda]

Just as a heads up, the 2016 Office Public Preview is out...
http://products.office.com/en-US/mac/mac-preview

looking into how to block it now as a restricted process.

[johnnasset]

Also, no Lync included in this, which I find interesting. Maybe Microsoft is going to stop issuing it and just use Skype?

@emilykausalik
Yep, Lync will be going away and MS will be using "Skype for Business".

http://www.computerworld.com/article/2846201/microsoft-waves-goodbye-to-lync-says-hello-to-skype-for-business.html

[Fveja]

Blocking this would be so much easier if we were able to block applications based on their signature instead of their path alone. See my new feature request that came from trying to block Office 2016 Preview. https://jamfnation.jamfsoftware.com/featureRequest.html?id=3308

In the end we went with using Restricted Software and blocking the following paths:
/Applications/Microsoft Word.app/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft Word
/Applications/Microsoft Excel.app/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft Excel
/Applications/Microsoft PowerPoint.app/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft PowerPoint

OneNote, is in the same path as the App Store version of OneNote, so we could not block this.

/Applications/Microsoft OneNote.app/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft OneNote

[robby_barnes]

@Fveja Sorry, this is probably kind of a noob question, but how do you block the paths?

[donmontalvo]

@Fveja our colleague @jaharmi told us he would also like to see the ability to block apps.

Can I ask you to post your thoughts on bocking apps in the JSS 10 thread?

JAMF are monitoring that thread:

Will JSS 10 finally bring us easy patch management?
https://jamfnation.jamfsoftware.com/discussion.html?id=10961

[scottb]

@mm2270

I used the script you posted above (fixing the "Office 2015" to "Office 2016") and it works very well.
I need to get the "OK" for this, but it seems to do what you set out to do nicely.

[#7]

Office 2016 Preview updated to 15.9; individual app updates are available along with a new Microsoft Auto Update (MAU) 3.0.5 in .pkg format.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3048768

FWIW when I was prompted to install the MAU update, I was able to command-click on the proxy icon in the Installer window to locate the downloaded .pkg, and copied that to the desktop - no sign yet of this being downloadable otherwise.

Also, the OfficePreview.pkg has not yet been updated to these new versions.

[#8]

Also, in true Microsofty fashion, installing MAU 3.0.5 and checking again does not list any updates from 15.8.1 to 15.9.

[jwojda]

it offered mine...

[emily]

I got the 15.9 to show up after the new MAU installed. Honestly the only thing that's still puzzling to me about all of this is the lack of Skype for Business preview. Come on guys, get it together. The official client is already being pushed this month on the Windows side, but NO preview for Macs? MS is the worst.

[#11]

Ah, just needed to launch one of the 2016 apps first, now the 775MB Preview Update shows in MAU.

EDIT: nope, although MAU claimed a Preview Update, which I was hoping would cover all four apps, it only downloaded the Word update.

[jwojda]

as a side not with the update 3.0.5. if you selectively install updates and install them. you have to exit the updater and go back in to get it to check again. just telling it to check for updates after the install results in the items you selected still being selected, but you can't choose any more or deselect them

[RobertHammen]

You seem to have to launch Word, check for Updates, launch Excel, check for Updates, et. al. in order to see the individual preview updates.

Or download the individual updates:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3048768