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MDT will only really work for onprem stuff btw. As someone stated above Chocolatey may be an option if you have some sort of RMM or remote scripting tool.. I used senso for my remote users You would create a task sequence which first runs setup.exe calling the xml to remove any versions of office. I have used this and it works well for removing Office 2019 Apologies i cannot get the format right on this. Then you would add a restart to the task sequence for good measure. Then you would add the Install application which contains your Office 365 source files & setup.exe / xml to install 365 Are you using current channel 365? Wouldn't need to check for new versions then

No issues to report so far, started last week. I've only done select staff members so far as guinea pigs. I've done a few reg tweaks such as - classic right click (win10 style) - force dark taskbar - force compact view in file explorer (win10 style) Also had to look at the start layout GPO, as this no longer works for Windows 11 (It does work for taskbar pins, but not altering the start menu.) I think in place upgrades are a lot better than they used to be.. I've also solved the activation issue by inputting the MAK key into the MDT upgrade TS

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Not ran into this issue yet with my users.. We're on ver 24102.2223.2870.9480 Will report back if anything arises

Wayne beat me to it! Yes In your deployment share add office365 as an application (add source files) Set the quiet install command to the custom xml (mine for example : setup.exe /configure configuration365.xml ) Create the task sequence to install the application Should be simple as that

Probably not the most secure but on our XG i have the student BYOD VLAN set to Destination Zone : WAN Destination Network : Any Services/Ports : Any Web filter policy : Student Captive portal login required

I don't think I specified the MAK key in the TS OS upgrade.. that's possibly why! However i'd of thought that it would have remained activated after the upgrade even without specifiying the key again? I'll have to try this tomorrow with the key specified in the TS

Sorry should have specified - just using MAK key which is entered during deployment (MDT)

In place upgrade from 10 Edu > 11 Edu I've done this on a few machines now that I have begun the migration from 10>11, I have noticed that sometimes the device loses its activation status. I have a slmgr script which I run to solve this, however I'm wondering if this is normal behaviour, as the win10/11 keys are the same?

turn on storage sense to delete any temp files maybe try files on demand for onedrive use delprof2 running on a scheduled task to delete any local profile older than a month old? (that hasn't been used) as above you need to remove the profile correctly, or they will get an error when trying to log in again. best way is through system properties > advanced > user profiles

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Status has been upgraded to "Major Incident" I can login, however still very very slow

Just another manic Monday

I'm able to login, however site is basically un-useable at the mo

I use MDT for all my deployment. We're on A1 so no intune licences at all. Works great for me, saves a lot of time.

If you want some automation i'd say MDT, not mega complicated to get going - via task sequence you can install OS, auto join to domain, install apps etc.. You could also go down an older route. Create a golden image with all the apps etc you want installed, set it up how you need it & sysprep. Then use something like Clonezilla to clone the drive to another USB.

In this case i'd probably put the patch panels which have the most ports in use the closest to the switch, following the usual format of - ----- patch panel ----- ----- switch ----- ----- patch panel ----- like you say if you had time you could re-terminate, however not always ideal spending a full day tidying a cab up

Lots of lovely replies to that post - as expected, Micro$oft are never specific enough with things like this.

Hi all, solved it. issue was the .bat all along!! added the .bat to the allowed apps GPO and the script now works as expected spent the past hour troubleshooting this & wasn't even looking at the right thing! Thanks all

It is definitely using Wscript.exe I can see that in procmon (even without specifying this explicitly). On the exam account If i navigate to "windir%\system32\wscript.exe" it opens no issue I'm wondering if im looking in the wrong place & the issue lies with the .bat

Thanks all i will try these suggestions & report back

I’m running the VBS via a scheduled task (GPO). the VBS calls a .bat which runs robocopy silently. Without the vbs I get a CMD window when the bat runs on the exam user accounts. it does work with the run specified applications GPO disabled, however I need this due to exam restrictions. If I manually trigger the scheduled task (with the GPO disabled), it works

Hi all, I'm having trouble getting a VBS script to run with the GPO policy enabled " Run only specified Windows Applications ". If i disable this policy, the VBS script runs perfectly fine. Does anyone know what I need to add to the "allow" list get the script to run? This is what I have in the GPO currently - examwritepad.exe - readandwrite.exe - wscript.exe I've tried running procmon but can't see anything obvious.. This is the error I get with the policy enabled

I did, i think I still have a copy.. DM me and I'll send you it

Same issue, but we are Sophos XGS.