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Jun 09, 2020 To do that, open any Office app, such as Word, and go to File Account Update Options Update Now. This causes the Click-to-Run service to go look for updates at the location that you’ve configured Office to look for updates. For example, directly from the Office CDN on the internet. Open an Office application, such as Word, Excel, or PowerPoint. Click on File, typically at the top left of each Office program. Click on Account or Office Account on the list. Under Product Information, click on Update Options next to Office Updates. From the list of options, click on Update Now. Manage the update channel. After Office is installed, you can change the update channel for a device. For more information on how to do that, see Change the Microsoft 365 Apps update channel for devices in your organization. Keep in mind that if you change the update channel for the device, the features that the user has access to will change.

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One of the benefits of Microsoft 365 Apps is that Microsoft provides new (and updated) features for Office apps, such as Excel and Word, on a regular basis. You can control how often the users in your organization get these new features by specifying the update channel.

In addition to new features, update channels provide, as needed, security and non-security updates on a regular basis, every month. Non-security updates provide fixes for known issues and provide stability or performance improvements for Office.

There are three primary update channels:

We recommend Current Channel, because it provides your users with the newest Office features as soon as they are ready. If you need additional predictability of when these new Office features are released each month, we recommend Monthly Enterprise Channel. In those cases where you have select devices that require extensive testing before receiving new features, we recommend Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel.

But, we realize that there are multiple factors that will determine which update channel you select for your deployment of Microsoft 365 Apps. For example, network bandwidth utilization, end-user training and support, line-of-business applications, and other organizational requirements.

Comparison of the update channels for Microsoft 365 Apps

The following table provides a comparison of Current Channel, Monthly Enterprise Channel, and Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel.

Current Channel	Monthly Enterprise Channel	Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel
Recommended use	Provide your users with new Office features as soon as they are ready, but on no set schedule.	Provide your users with new Office features only once a month and on a predictable schedule.	For select devices in your organization, where extensive testing is needed before rolling out new Office features. For example, to comply with regulatory, governmental, or other organizational requirements.
Release frequency¹	At least once a month (likely more often), but on no set schedule	Once a month, on the second Tuesday of the month	Once a month, on the second Tuesday of the month
Feature updates²	As soon as they’re ready (usually once a month), but on no set schedule	Once a month, on the second Tuesday of the month	Twice a year (in January and July), on the second Tuesday of the month
Security updates³ (if needed)	Once a month, on the second Tuesday of the month	Once a month, on the second Tuesday of the month	Once a month, on the second Tuesday of the month
Non-security updates² (if needed)	Usually at least once a month (possibly more often), but no set schedule	Once a month, on the second Tuesday of the month	Once a month, on the second Tuesday of the month
Support duration for a given version⁴	Until the next version is released with new features, which is usually about one month	Two months	Fourteen months

¹ For a list of release dates for these update channels, including version and build numbers, see Update history for Microsoft 365 Apps.

² For information about what feature updates and non-security updates are included in a given release of these update channels, see Release notes for Microsoft 365 Apps releases.

³ For a list of security updates included in a given release of these update channels, see Release notes for Microsoft 365 Apps Security Updates

⁴ For a table that shows which version and build is currently supported for each of these update channels, see Update history for Microsoft 365 Apps.

Note

To ensure that you have the most up-to-date security and non-security updates, we recommend that you always update to the most current version and build available for your update channel.
To simplify update management, we recommend that you configure devices to get Office updates directly from the Office Content Delivery Network (CDN) on the internet. For more information, including implications for network bandwidth utilization, see Managing updates.

Current Channel overview

We recommend Current Channel, because it provides your users with the newest Office features as soon as they are ready. Current Channel usually receives new features at least once a month, but there is no set schedule for when those updates are released.

Current Channel also receives other updates during the month, which include security and non-security updates. There is no set schedule for these updates, but in general there are two or three releases each month, including one on the second Tuesday of the month.

Feature updates for Current Channel

New, or updated, features for Current Channel usually are released every month. There is no set schedule for when a feature update for Current Channel occurs. A feature update for Current Channel is made available only when various release criteria are met, including criteria related to stability and performance.

In some cases, a new feature is made available only to a subset of users as the feature is gradually rolled out in Current Channel.

For a list of feature updates included in a given release of Current Channel, see Release notes for Microsoft 365 Apps releases.

Preview upcoming new features of Current Channel

To become familiar with the new features coming in the next feature release of Current Channel, we recommend that you use Current Channel (Preview).

There isn’t a set release schedule for Current Channel (Preview). In general, a new version of Current Channel (Preview) with new features is released at least a week or more before that new version is released to Current Channel. There might be several releases of Current Channel (Preview), with non-security updates, before that version is released to Current Channel.

You should deploy Current Channel (Preview) to a small, representative sample of users in your organization. This can help you identify any possible issues for your organization before those new features are released more broadly to your users that have Current Channel.

We also encourage you to use Current Channel (Preview) so that you can identify any possible issues that you want us to fix before that version is released to Current Channel. This can help reduce the number of non-security updates that are needed for Current Channel.

Security updates for Current Channel

If needed, security updates for Current Channel are released on the second Tuesday of the month.Security updates are cumulative. The most current release of Current Channel includes the security updates from previous releases of Current Channel.

Separate downloads of just security updates for Current Channel aren’t available. Also, new security updates aren’t provided for versions of Current Channel that are no longer supported.

For a list of security updates included in a given release of Current Channel, see Release notes for Microsoft 365 Apps Security Updates.

Non-security updates for Current Channel

If needed, non-security updates are provided for Current Channel. Non-security updates provide fixes for known issues and provide stability or performance improvements for Office.

There is no set schedule

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