Download Microsoft 365 (Office 365) via ODT with PowerShell

How-to

• Download the latest archive and expand it;

• Open PowerShell console as admin and change execution policy

  Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Force

• Open folder in PowerShell console and choose which Office to download

  .\Download.ps1 -Branch ProPlus2019Retail -Channel Current -Components Word, Excel, PowerPoint
  .\Download.ps1 -Branch ProPlus2021Volume -Channel PerpetualVL2021 -Components Excel, Word
  .\Download.ps1 -Branch ProPlus2024Volume -Channel PerpetualVL2024 -Components Excel, OneDrive, PowerPoint, Word
  .\Download.ps1 -Branch O365ProPlusRetail -Channel Current -Components Excel, OneDrive, Outlook, PowerPoint, Teams, Word

  • There won't be any messages in console while Office is being downloaded;
  • When Office is downloaded you can find a new Office folder in script folder.

• Do not move downloaded Office folder to another location as Install.ps1 script has a link to setup.exe.

• Run .\Install.ps1 as admin to install Office you downloaded;

Addendum

Office 2019, 2021, 2024, & 365 support Windows 10 & Windows 11 only

Features

List

• General

• Remove diagnostics tracking scheduled tasks

• Do not send additional diagnostic and usage data to Microsoft

• Disable LinkedIn features in Office applications

• Turn off the cloud features

• Turn on Touch/Mouse Mode

• Word

  • Do not show the Start screen when application starts
  • Do not open e-mail attachments and other uneditable files in reading view
  • Disable Protected View for files originating from the Internet
  • Disable Protected View for files located in potentially unsafe locations
  • Disable Protected View for Outlook attachments
  • Show the ruler
  • Save AutoRecover information every 3 minutes
  • Enable the "Draw" tab
  • Enable the "Developer" tab
  • Remove Adobe Acrobat Pro DC COM Add-ins

• Excel

  • Do not show the Start screen when application starts
  • Disable Protected View for files originating from the Internet
  • Disable Protected View for files located in potentially unsafe locations
  • Disable Protected View for Outlook attachments
  • Save AutoRecover information every 3 minutes
  • Enable the "Draw" tab
  • Enable the "Developer" tab

Links

• Configure Office
• Overview of update channels
  • https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/deployoffice/overview-update-channels
  • https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/troubleshoot/installation/product-ids-supported-office-deployment-click-to-run
• Office Deployment Tool
• Deploy Office
• Uninstall Office (SaRA)
• OffScrubC2R.vbs 2.19
• Office Tool Plus