Office 2016 - Featured Templates error on Windows 7 SP1

[2097]

Any one experiencing this problem on new or existing installs of "Office 2016" on Windows 7 SP1.

 

When i first load any office program it basically says "featured templates not available"

 

I get a Schannel error 80 in event manager

 

I have researched this a bit and apparently something to do with SSL, possible expired certifcate of some sort.

 

 

This is the first windows 7 machine i have installed it on , im getting it ready for a 600pc push

 

Not Windows 10 ready yet so 2019 cant be pushed out until thats done.

[Primus]

Not to be annoying but is it really worth pushing Office 2016 out now - wouldn't it be better to get to 10 given how little time you've got left now - as a school I wouldn't want to move OS during the academic year - summer holidays is the best time for a change like that - just my opinion though!

[2097]

Not to be annoying but is it really worth pushing Office 2016 out now - wouldn't it be better to get to 10 given how little time you've got left now - as a school I wouldn't want to move OS during the academic year - summer holidays is the best time for a change like that - just my opinion though!

 

 

To some extent i agree. But i wont be doing Windows 10 until next summer or this christmas because i would like all my servers to be on 2019 and want to rigorously test my image builds first before deployment.

 

Office 2016 will be a good transition as i wouldn't want to through every one on a new OS and office 2010 at the same time .. it will be a melt down for the technically challenged.

 

 

Either way.. Unsure why myself and others are getting this error ?

[Primus]

You're going to be going without patches for at least 6 months then if you go to summer 2020. - risky business!

 

You don't need servers to be on 2019 to go to Windows 10 - we still have some on 2012 r2 - most are now 2016 with a few 2019 but don't let that hold you back.

[2097]

Unfortunately being a lone solider with a 600 machine network i don't want to be too hasty pushing out a windows 10 image. Any major problems with a image i haven't tested properly to try and "beat" the windows 7 end of support date would be a disaster.

 

More than likely my "push" will be Christmas time, but either way this is about me trying to get "office 2016" working correctly, not trying to "bodge" the issue by prematurely upgrading all my machines on a OS i haven't fully tested and built yet.

 

But thanks anyway

[Primus]

I do take your point, however updating OS is not a "bodge" and it's not "premature" given Win 7 goes end of life in January 2020 and 10 has been out 4 years now. Running an unpatched OS is incredibly risky.