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Mar 15, 2018 Verify version of Office - it is highly recommended you install Office ProPlus version. Uninstall Office. Uninstall Office for Windows; Uninstall Office for Mac; Important: If you intend to install Office 365 onto the computer, follow these steps: Remove credentials - 'Reset/Remove your account credentials from within your OS' section. Jan 03, 2016 I want to get my original Office:mac 2011Home & Business working again. Office 365 took it over. How do I get rid of Office 365? It is no longer activated. I still have Office. Office 365 can open both as can Office 2013 and 2016, which what you have as part of Office 365. I suggest that you right click on StartApps and FeaturesSearch for you old Office in the list and choose uninstall. That should cure your problem which is not clear from your post. Please come back if you want further clarification or assistance. To install Office, try signing in directly to the Office 365 Software page instead. Select the language and bit-version you want (PC users can choose between 32-bit and 64-bit), and then click Install. See Steps 2 and 3 on the PC or Mac tabs above to help you with the rest of the install process.
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Office 365 ProPlus is being renamed to Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise. To learn more about this name change, read this blog post.
For details of when this change takes effect, and what actions admins might need to take, read this article.
In the past, Microsoft Teams was a separate installation from Office 365 ProPlus. But starting with Version 1902, Teams is included as part of new installations of Office 365 ProPlus. If Teams is already installed on the device, no changes are made to that installation of Teams.
Teams is also being added to existing installations of Office 365 ProPlus on devices running Windows. For more information about when that occurs, see What about existing installations of Office 365 ProPlus?.
Note
To complete the installation of Teams on new or existing installations of Office 365 ProPlus, either restart the device or have the user log off and log back on.
If Skype for Business is already installed on the device, Skype for Business won't be removed and will continue to function as before. Skype for Business will continue to be installed with new installations of Office 365 ProPlus, unless you configure your installation to exclude it.
You don't have to wait if you're ready now to deploy Teams to the users in your organization. You can deploy Teams for your users by following these instructions or you can have your users install Teams for themselves from https://teams.microsoft.com/downloads.
We also have the steps you can take to exclude Teams from new or existing installations of Office 365 ProPlus if your organization isn't ready to deploy Teams.
Important
If you're in a GCC High or DoD environment, currently you need to exclude Teams from being installed with Office 365 ProPlus. Instead, you need to install Teams by using the separate MSI-based installer. For links to the correct version of the MSI-based installer for your environment, see Install Microsoft Teams using Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager. In the future, you'll be able to install Teams along with Office 365 ProPlus in GCC High or DoD environments without needing to use the separate MSI-based installer.
If you're using Office for Mac, see Microsoft Teams installations on a Mac.
If you're using shared computers or Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), see Shared computer and VDI environments with Microsoft Teams.
When will Microsoft Teams start being included with new installations of Office 365 ProPlus?
The date when Teams starts being installed with new installations of Office 365 ProPlus depends on which update channel you're using. The following table shows the schedule.
| Update channel | Version | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly Channel | Version 1902 | March 4, 2019 |
| Semi-Annual Channel (Targeted) | Version 1902 | March 12, 2019 |
| Semi-Annual Channel | Version 1902 | July 9, 2019 |
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Teams is also included with the following new installations:
- Office 365 Business, starting with Version 1901, which was released on January 31, 2019. Office 365 Business is the version of Office that is included with certain business plans, such as the Microsoft 365 Business plan and the Office 365 Business Premium plan.
- Office for Mac, starting with Version 16.21, which was released on January 16, 2019. Office for Mac comes with any plan that includes Office 365 Business or Office 365 ProPlus. For more information, see Microsoft Teams installations on a Mac.
How to exclude Microsoft Teams from new installations of Office 365 ProPlus
If you don't want Teams included when you install Office 365 ProPlus on devices running Windows, you can use Group Policy or the Office Deployment Tool. Or, as an alternative, you can let Teams be installed, but use Group Policy to prevent Teams from automatically starting when the user signs in to the device.
If you want to use the Office Deployment Tool, you can use the ExcludeApp element in your configuration.xml file, as shown in the following example.
Tip
Instead of using a text editor to create your configuration.xml, we recommend that you use the Office Customization Tool (OCT). The OCT provides a web-based interface for making your selections and creating your configuration.xml file to be used with the Office Deployment Tool. For more information, see Overview of the Office Customization Tool.
If you're deploying Office 365 ProPlus by using the Office 365 Client Installation wizard in Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (current branch), you can set Teams to the Off position in the configuration UI.
If you're deploying Office 365 ProPlus by using Microsoft Intune, there is a checkbox to exclude Teams on the Configure App Suite pane.
If you're letting your users install Office 365 ProPlus for themselves from the Office 365 portal, you can't exclude Teams from being included as part of the installation, unless you use Group Policy.
To remove Teams after it's been installed, go to Control Panel > Uninstall a program and uninstall Microsoft Teams and any instances of Teams Machine-Wide Installer. If you previously installed Teams separately from installing Office 365 ProPlus, you might see multiple instances of Teams Machine-Wide Installer. You can also use PowerShell to remove Teams as shown in this script sample.
The guidance above in this section also applies to Office 365 Business.
What about existing installations of Office 365 ProPlus?
Teams is also being added to existing installations of Office 365 ProPlus (and Office 365 Business) on devices running Windows as part of the normal update process. There is no change to existing installations of Mac.
Whether Teams gets added to an existing installation of Office 365 ProPlus is determined by what version is installed, what version you're updating to, and some other factors. Version 1906 that was released in Monthly Channel in July is the first version that started including Teams as part of the update process. But not all devices updating to Version 1906 or later have received Teams as part of the update process because the rollout has been a gradual process over several months. So if you've updated a device to the latest version of Office 365 ProPlus, but Teams hasn't been installed, that is probably expected and not necessarily an error. It's likely a future update will install Teams. If you want Teams on that device now, you can install it manually from https://teams.microsoft.com/downloads.
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If you're updating your existing installation of Office 365 ProPlus to Version 1908 (Build 11929.20300) or later, Teams will be added. To complete the installation of Teams after the update, either restart the device or have the user log off and log back on.
The date when Teams can start being added to existing installations of Office 365 ProPlus depends on which update channel you're using. The following table shows the schedule.
| Update channel | Version | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly Channel | Version 1906 | July 9, 2019 |
| Semi-Annual Channel (Targeted) | Version 1908 | September 10, 2019 |
| Semi-Annual Channel | Version 1908 | January 14, 2020 |
If you don't want Teams to be added to existing installations of Office 365 ProPlus when you update to a newer version, you can use Group Policy or the Office Deployment Tool. Or, as an alternative, you can let Teams be added, but use Group Policy to prevent Teams from automatically starting when the user signs in to the device.
If you want to use the Office Deployment Tool, you need to run the Office Deployment Tool in /configure mode on each device before you update to the new version of Office 365 ProPlus. The following is a configuration.xml file you can use with the Office Deployment Tool to exclude Teams from being added to your existing installation of Office 365 ProPlus.
Note
- Be sure you're using the most current version of the Office Deployment Tool available on the Microsoft Download Center.
- If your existing installation of Office 365 ProPlus has excluded other apps, such as Access, you need to include a line in your configuration.xmi file for each of those excluded apps. Otherwise, those apps will be installed on the device.
- If you have Office 365 Business installed, use O365BusinessRetail for the Product ID in your configuration.xml file.
Also, in some situations, doing an Online Repair results in Teams being installed. For example, if Office is configured to get updates from the Office Content Delivery Network (CDN) and the update channel or version you're using includes Teams as part of the installation.
Use Group Policy to control the installation of Microsoft Teams
If your organization isn't ready to deploy Teams and you use Group Policy, you can enable the Don't install Microsoft Teams with new installations or updates of Office policy setting. You can find this policy setting under Computer ConfigurationPoliciesAdministrative TemplatesMicrosoft Office 2016 (Machine)Updates.
Note
- This policy setting only applies if you are installing or updating to Version 1905 or later of Office 365 ProPlus (or Office 365 Business).
- To use this policy setting, download at least version 4882.1000 of the Administrative Template files (ADMX/ADML), which were released on July 9, 2019.
If you enable this policy setting, Teams won't be installed in the following scenarios for Version 1905 or later:
- New installations of Office 365 ProPlus
- Updates to existing installations of Office 365 ProPlus
- Users installing Office 365 ProPlus for themselves from the Office 365 portal
- An Online Repair of an existing installation of Office 365 ProPlus
If you have Office 365 Business or can't use Group Policy for some other reason, you can add the preventteamsinstall value to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPoliciesMicrosoftOffice16.0commonofficeupdate key in the registry. The type for preventteamsinstall is REG_DWORD and the value should be set to 1 if you don't want Teams installed.
Use Group Policy to prevent Microsoft Teams from starting automatically after installation
If you want Teams to be installed, but don't want Teams to start automatically for the user after it's installed, you can use Group Policy and enable the Prevent Microsoft Teams from starting automatically after installation policy setting. You can find this policy setting under User ConfigurationPoliciesAdministrative TemplatesMicrosoft Teams.
By enabling this policy setting before Teams is installed, Teams won't start automatically when the user logs in to the device. Once a user signs in to Teams for the first time, Teams is configured to start automatically the next time the user logs into the device. The user can configure Teams to not start automatically by configuring user settings within Teams or by clearing the Open Teams on startup check box on the sign in screen for Teams.
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If you've already installed Teams but you want to use this policy setting to prevent Teams from starting automatically, enable this policy setting and then run this script on a per-user basis to reset the autostart setting for Teams.
But even if you enable this policy setting so that Teams doesn't start automatically, an icon for Microsoft Teams will appear on the user's desktop.
Important
- This policy setting only applies if you are installing or updating to the following versions of Office 365 ProPlus (or Office 365 Business):
- Version 1906 or later of Monthly Channel
- Version 1902 (Build 11328.20368) or later of Semi-Annual Channel or Semi-Annual Channel (Targeted)
- To use this policy setting, download at least version 4882.1000 of the Administrative Template files (ADMX/ADML), which were released on July 9, 2019.
If you have Office 365 Business or can't use Group Policy for some other reason, you can add the PreventFirstLaunchAfterInstall value to the HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWAREPoliciesMicrosoftOffice16.0Teams key in the registry. The type for PreventFirstLaunchAfterInstall is REG_DWORD and the value should be set to 1 if you don't want Teams to automatically start after installation.
Shared computer and VDI environments with Microsoft Teams
If devices in your organization are shared by multiple users, be aware that Teams is installed separately for each user that signs into that device. Installations of Teams average about 500 mb, so hard disk space, as well network bandwidth for updates, might become an issue for these shared devices installed with Teams. In cases where shared devices are used by a significant number of users, you might want to consider not installing Teams on those shared devices.
Remote desktop not working after I upgraded to macOS Catalina. I had Microsoft remote desktop (v 10.3.0) to access my PC (running on Windows 10) but after I upgraded to masOS Catalina (v 10.15) the remote desktop has stopped working. Remote Desk Top 10.3.8 for Mac not working after Catalina upgrade. 2016-1-13 So i HAVE been using CORD to log into my PCs from OSX. But it was not working on the Win10 box. I was in the insiders Beta program. And after some update CORD finaly started working. Well as said above, that was short lived with the next update CORD stopped working again. I can remote desktop in from a PC but not from CORD on my Mac. Microsoft remote desktop 10 for mac. 2013-3-20 Thank you for posting in the Microsoft Community. Based on the description provided, it looks like you are facing an issue while accessing remote desktop using MAC. The issue you posted would be better suited in the Apple Support Forums; we would recommend posting your query in the Apple Support Forums for further assistance. Updated yesterday to version 1809, Remote Desktop Connection from another Windows 10 version 1809 not working. It looks like connected, but the whole screen is blank and the mouse cursor become hourglass then about 1 minute later, lost connection. Then trying to re-establish the connection, but the. 2015-8-10 If I’m in my office, remote desktop works; but if I try to through a VPN; it doesn’t. No trouble connected through VPN with a Windows machine. Running Yosemite 10.10.4 currently. This has been an issue for a while; even with past version of OS X 10.xx. I have 2 other Mac. VPN is supported in RDC for Mac so please first refer to the.
If you plan to use Teams in a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) environment, see Teams for Virtualized Desktop Infrastructure. Teams installed with Office 365 ProPlus as described in this article is NOT currently supported in VDI environments.
Feature and quality updates for Microsoft Teams
After Teams is installed, it's automatically updated approximately every two weeks with new features and quality updates. This update process for Teams is different than the update process for the other Offices apps, such as Word and Excel. For more information, see Teams update process.
Microsoft Teams installations on a Mac
If you're using Version 16.21, or later, of the Office suite install package to deploy on a Mac, Teams will be included as part of the installation.
If you don't want Teams included as part of the installation, there is an Office suite install package available that doesn't include Teams. You can also use the install packages for individual applications, such as Word or Excel. For links to the most current install packages, see Update history for Office for Mac.
If you're letting your users install Office for themselves on a Mac, such as from https://teams.microsoft.com/downloads, you can't exclude Teams from being included as part of the installation.
To uninstall Teams on a Mac, quit Teams by right-clicking the Teams app in the dock, then hold down Option and choose Force Quit. Open the Application Folder, select Microsoft Teams, and move it to the Trash.
What about Office 365 plans that don't include Microsoft Teams?
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Some Office 365 plans include Office, but don't include the Teams service. For example, the Office 365 Business plan. Even if an Office 365 plan doesn't include the Teams service, Teams will still be installed with Office, as described earlier in this article. To prevent Teams from being installed, follow the steps outlined earlier in this article.
For Office 365 plans that don't include the Teams service, a free trial version of Teams that's valid for 1 year is available. Your users can start using it when they sign in to Teams. For more information about this free trial version and providing your users access to it, see Manage the Microsoft Teams Commercial Cloud Trial offer.
Additional information about installing Microsoft Teams
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- There is no change to new or existing installations of Office 2019, such as Office Professional Plus 2019.
- Teams is installed with Office 365 ProPlus in the same way that Teams is installed if you use the MSI-based installer for Teams. For each new user that signs into the device, the Teams installer runs and the Teams application is installed in the user's AppData folder.
- The architecture (sometimes referred to as the bitness) of Teams and Office 365 ProPlus installed on the device don't have to match. For example, you can install the 32-bit version of Teams on a device running the 64-bit versions of Office 365 ProPlus. To change the architecture of Teams, for example from 32-bit to 64-bit, you need to uninstall the 32-bit version of Teams and then install the 64-bit version of Teams.
- For more information for IT Pros about Microsoft Teams, see Microsoft Teams documentation.