Update: for a quick way to do this with PowerShell see: blog here

If you downloaded Office from the Mac App Store, and have automatic updates turned on, your apps will update automatically. But you can also manually download the updates: Open the Mac App Store from your Dock or Finder. Click Updates on the left side menu, then click Update All, or the Update button next to the apps that you want to update. If you're enrolled in the Insider Slow level, you get a new Office 2016 feature update approximately once a month, plus subsequent builds containing important fixes or security updates. The following table shows recent Insider Slow versions and builds, with the most recently released build listed first.

Not quite sure the cause of the issue currently. Just found a known issue for Office for Mac on macOS Sierra: Office 2016 for Mac applications are closing unexpectedly, or crashing when an Office application is launched, or when the computer is moved between Wi-Fi networks (e.g. Moving a laptop from home to work). If you downloaded Office from the Mac App Store, and have automatic updates turned on, your apps will update automatically. But you can also manually download the updates: Open the Mac App Store from your Dock or Finder. Click Updates on the left side menu, then click Update All, or the Update button next to the apps that you want to update. Office 2016, Office 2019, and Office 365 ProPlus - IT Pro Discussions This IT Professional forum is for general questions, feedback, or anything else related to the RTM release versions of Office 2016, 2019 and Office 365 ProPlus.

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As discussed in this post, Understanding Office Click-to-Run, Branches, MSI and Skype for Business Client Versions, Office 2016 Click to Run is released in 5 “Channels” (previously branches)

2 for normal users:

• Current Channel (previously called Current) (Current)
• Deferred Channel (previously Current Branch for Business) (Business)

And 2 for validation/testing:

• Office Insider Fast (Insiderfast) – weekly builds, not generally supported
• First Release Channel (FirstReleaseCurrent) – the preview of the current branch, this is the “pre-release” of current
• First Release for Deferred Channel (previously First Release for Current Branch for Business) (Validation) – the preview of the business branch

The current channel gets feature and security updates monthly and is the default for Home installs

Deferred Channel (the default for enterprises) gets security updates monthly but only gets feature updates every 4 months, giving businesses more time to assess the impact of any changes. There is also a branch for business to test the upcoming Deferred Channel, the catchily titled “First Release for Deferred Channel”

Office 365 “First Release” Channel (Office Insider Slow), is essentially a preview of the current channel, with build updates once or twice a month. Finally Office Insider Fast offers weekly unsupported builds with all the latest features

You can define the branch of an install at point of install with the Office Deployment Tool which uses an XML file to customise the install and optionally set the branch, for example, this XML sets the install to the Deferred Channel

You can also choose your channel by setting a registry key and/or you can set you branch by GPO, including setting it by GPO on the local machine.

Note, changing the channel “down” for example from FirstReleaseCurrent to Current does not seem to cause office to “roll back” from the newer build to the current build for that branch.

Setting Office Click to Run Channel via the Registry

Here is the registry key to choose a channel (Thanks to Kyle in the comments!)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPolicies

Microsoft
office16.0commonofficeupdate

Value name: updatebranch
Value type: REG_SZ

Word For Mac

Set the value to:

• Insiderfast (Office Insider Fast)
• FirstReleaseCurrent (for First Release Branch/Office Insider Slow)
• Current (for Current)
• Validation (for First Release for Deferred Channel)
• Business (for Deferred Channel)

Setting Office Click to Run Channel via Group Policy

Here is how to set it for a machine using a local GPO, i.e. it can be configured on the local machine with administrator access.

First, download the Office 2016 Administrative Template files (ADMX/ADML).

When you run it, it will extract the following files:

• Copy the .amdx files files from the admx folder to C:WindowsPolicyDefinitions

• Copy the ADML files the relevant language folder, e.g. en-us, to the relevant folder on your system e.g. C:WindowsPolicyDefinitionsen-US

You technically only need office16.admx and office16.adml to set the branch

Do a gpupdate/force under CMD as an administrator

Run gpedit.msc and fine the Administrative Template for Office 2016 then Updates and set the Update Channel to one of the following, in order of most up to date to least

• Insiderfast (Office Insider Fast)
• FirstReleaseCurrent (for First Release Branch/Office Insider Slow)
• Current (for Current)
• Validation (for First Release for Deferred Channel)
• Business (for Deferred Channel)

After another gpupdate, my install previously on the Deferred Channel was ready for an update

Microsoft has a support lifetime for each of their products. Below is a list of software that has or soon will reach its end of life and support. You should not run software that is not supported, since it may contain security issues that are not fixed and can put your computer and information at risk. Michael Spice can help you with replacement and updating to a supported version of Office, Windows and Windows Server.

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office 2003 – April 8, 2014
Microsoft Office 2007 – October 10, 2017
Microsoft Office 2010 – October 13, 2020
Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac – October 10, 2017
Microsoft Office 2013 – April 11, 2023
Microsoft Office 2016 – October 14, 2025
Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac – October 13, 2020
Microsoft Office 2019 – October 14, 2025
Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac – October 10, 2023

Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows XP – April 8, 2014
Microsoft Windows Vista – April 11, 2017
Microsoft Windows 7 – January 14, 2020
Microsoft Windows 8 – January 12, 2016 users must upgrade to Windows 8.1
Microsoft Windows 8.1 – January 10, 2023
Microsoft Windows 10 release 1507 from July 2015 – May 9, 2017
Microsoft Windows 10 release 1511 from November 2015 – October 10, 2017
Microsoft Windows 10 release 1607 – April 10, 2018
Microsoft Windows 10 release 1703 – October 9, 2018
Microsoft Windows 10 release 1709 – April 9, 2019 (October 13, 2020 – Enterprise and Education version)
Microsoft Windows 10 release 1803 – November 12, 2019 (May 11, 2021 – Enterprise and Education version)
Microsoft Windows 10 release 1809 – November 10, 2020 ( May 11, 2021 – Enterprise and Education version)
Microsoft Windows 10 release 1903 – December 8, 2020
Microsoft Windows 10 release 1909 – May 11, 2021 (May 10, 2022 – Enterprise and Education version)
Microsoft Windows 10 release 2004 – December 14, 2021
Microsoft Windows 10 release 20H2 – May 10, 2022

Microsoft Edge Legacy and Internet Explorer

Microsoft Edge Legacy Edition that came with Windows 10 – March 9, 2021
Microsoft Internet Explorer – August 17, 2021

Microsoft Windows Server

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 – July 14, 2015
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 – July 14, 2015
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 – January 14, 2020
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 – January 14, 2020
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 – October 10, 2023
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 – October 10, 2023
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 – January 12, 2027
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 – January 9, 2029

Microsoft Office For Mac 2016

Microsoft Exchange Server

Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 – April 8, 2014
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 – April 11, 2017
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 – October 13, 2020
Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 – April 11, 2023
Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 – October 14, 2025
Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 – October 14, 2025

Office 2016 Update History Mac Os

Microsoft SQL Server

Office For Mac Release History

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 – April 12, 2016
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 – July 9, 2019
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 – July 12, 2022
Microsoft SQL Server 2014 – July 9, 2024
Microsoft SQL Server 2016 – July 14, 2026
Microsoft SQL Server 2017 – October 12, 2027
Microsoft SQL Server 2019 – January 8, 2030