Updating school network to Office 2019

[atds99]

Hi guys, currently running office 2016 and we are looking to upgrade the onsite computers to 2019 so they better integrate with office 365 remote students. Just got a couple of issues with it currently. we have a couple hundred computers so this will take a good amount of time to do manually. I have looked at trying to go to file accounts then update in office products but I do not have an option for this so I have a feeling I can not easily update it like this. I can only imagine two really to have it done via the network and auto rollout or I will have to manually do each computers uninstall and then the installation of 2019.

So the couple questions I have are.

Is there a way to auto deploy a rollout of office 2019 to install over the top of 2016 or will it have to be manual uninstall and re install of the newer version? Or is there another option?

Also does it impact roaming profiles in any ways since that is the profile type that we currently use for these computers?

Things like smart ink not working in office is one thing I have seen may not work

 

Thanks for any assistance!

[JordanT91]

I did this recently. Configure your Office 2019 package with Office Deployment Tool, then deploy it with SCCM or similar. It just installs over the top of 2016.

[bknaggs]

One of the options for a 365 deplyoment is to uninstall any msi deployments so this should be in the options for a 2019 deployment as well.

[3s-gtech]

I've used a logon script which removes Office 2016 and install 2019 in its place - the installer was built with the ODT.

 

\\server\share\Office2019\setup.exe /configure \\server\share\Office2019\config.xml