Managing Microsoft 365 Apps using Microsoft Configuration Manager

Check out this video for a complete guide on the application management lifecycle of Microsoft 365 Apps using Microsoft Configuration Manager (SCCM, MECM, ConfigMgr, CM, SMS). We cover application creation and deployment, software updates (including ADRs!), monitoring and reporting, and plenty of tips and tricks.

========== RESOURCES ==========

========== CHAPTERS ==========
0:00 - Introduction
0:49 - Requirements to get started
1:34 - Application creation and deployment
1:55 - Create an Application for Microsoft 365 Apps
6:38 - Best practice for content management (static package)
9:23 - Static vs dynamic package
10:30 - Create a dynamic package for Microsoft 365 Apps
13:11 - Software updates for Microsoft 365 Apps
13:34 - Prerequisites for software update management
13:43 - Prerequisite #1 - Configure Software Update Points
14:31 - Prerequisite #2 - Software Update Synchronization
14:59 - Prerequisite #3 - Configure Client Settings
18:04 - Prerequisite #4 - Create a dynamic collection
19:44 - Create a manual Software Update deployment
20:54 - Overview on Update Channels and update naming
25:31 - Create an Automatic Deployment Rule
30:30 - Monitoring and Reporting
30:51 - Monitoring and Reporting - Dynamic Collections
31:38 - Monitoring and Reporting - CMPivot
32:37 - Monitoring and Reporting - Client Management Dashboard
33:15 - Monitoring and Reporting - Deployment Status
34:18 - Monitoring and Reporting - Built-in Reports
35:37 - Wrapping up

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[sindex]

This is clear, concise, well organized, and shockingly entertaining for a technology video thanks to the host not being a disorganized or monotone. Well done! Thank you!

[Pouya]

This helped me out Astronomically! CUDOS!

[aevball]

@OfficeDeploymentInsiders thank you for such a highly informative video. I do have a question about our environment. We currently have 2202/2208/2302 builds in our environment, 24 of which are on 2202 but most of them have updated to the newer builds with no issues. Should we not be deploying the extended quality updates to force those workstations to update to a newer build?

[spitzer]

Do you recommend devices reach out to MS Update catalog for update contents or Distribution points for update contents? If MS update catalog, will device’s download their assigned release channel update contents? (Ex: SAEC channel devices downloading monthly channel updates) how can we control this?

[neapolitanpizzafan]

Thanks for the video.
Is the dynamic source supposed to work with Office 2021 LTSC and the configmgr wizard? Once I delete the office folder from the package source, confimgr fails to distribute content, looking at the logs it tries to look for that office folder and its contents.
It seems to work when I just manually create an application with setup.exe and the XMLs.

[balaraju]

Thanks lot, Sorry I have not seen the video fully yet but I have one question which I was googling, surely I will watch this video fully as its very useful . My question is once my SCCM admin has pushed the updates, does the end users need to restart PC or restart Office 365 Apps for them to receive the updates ? I know I can see the status in SCCM but for a non SCCM admin, what he can expect when the updates will be rolled out to all or most users ? Thanks in advance

[kcmarbs]

you originally created a "Monthly Enterprise Channel" folder inside of your Microsoft 365 Apps folder but then in parts of your other videos you have the folder name "M365 Apps - MEC - April 2023" ?

[haydendixon]

I get error 5 when trying to download the packages where can I look to see whats going on.