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Is Office 2019 Professional Plus retail installable with ODT?

beldo 21 Reputation points
2021-02-14T22:01:22.49+00:00

With MS Installer you have to install the entire Office 2109 Professional Plus retail suite. I saw that unwanted apps can be excluded with the "Exclude app" element of the ODT (Office Deployment Tool).
On this page, the expert Herb Gu wrote on April 24, 2020 that in the list of product IDs supported by ODT there was also "ProPlus2019Retail", which corresponds to Office 2019 Professional Plus retail. There are various "Configuration.xml" files and it appears that only the desired apps of the suite have been installed with one of them.

The list of product IDs supported by ODT can be found on this page linked by the expert. The page is dated February 26, 2020. However, this list currently does not have the Product ID "ProPlus2019Retail". It only has "ProPlus2019Volume" (volume license).

Strange! If on April 24, 2020 the expert wrote that the list included product ID "ProPlus2019Retail", why is it not today? Was it deleted later? In this case, it is false that the page with the list is from February 26, 2020: it must have been modified after April 24, 2020.

On this page I looked at the changes in the ODT versions from that of January 16, 2020 to the last of February 9, 2021, but I have not seen any changes regarding the "ProPlus2019Retail" Product ID.

How are things? Is the Product ID "ProPlus2019Retail" usable or not?

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  1. Emily Hua-MSFT 27,796 Reputation points
    2021-02-15T05:43:05.353+00:00

    @beldo

    Based on my test, I think you may install retail version of Office Professional Plus 2019 with ODT.

    I use the following configuration file (.xml file) to install Office.

    <Configuration>
    <Add OfficeClientEdition="64">
    <Product ID="ProPlus2019Retail">
    <Language ID="en-us" />
    <ExcludeApp ID="Access" />
    <ExcludeApp ID="Groove" />
    <ExcludeApp ID="OneDrive" />
    <ExcludeApp ID="OneNote" />
    <ExcludeApp ID="Outlook" />
    <ExcludeApp ID="Publisher" />
    </Product>
    </Add>
    </Configuration>

    After finishing installation, I go to Registry Editor, then locate to Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\ClickToRun\Configuration, I find the value of ProductReleaseIds is ProPlus2019Retail.
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    But, if it is volume licensed Office 2019 Professioanl Plus, the value is ProPlus2019Volume
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    Besides, the version number of retail Office Professional Plus 2019 is 16.0.13628.20380, which is one of the "retail versions of Office 2016 C2R and Office 2019". (Please note. the version number of volume and retail versions of Office 2019 are not same.)
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  1. beldo 21 Reputation points
    2021-02-16T03:07:01.547+00:00

    The answer you have given is really clear and detailed and rekindles my hope.
    The release date of February 9, 2021 of Office Professional Plus 2019 retail version 16.0.13628.20380 is very recent and this suggests that the test you have done is current. However that is the release date. I ask you, as a precaution, if the successful test on the possibility of installing the retail version of Office Professional Plus 2019 with ODT, with the Configuration.xml file you reported, is also from these days, or if you had done it in the past.

  2. beldo 21 Reputation points
    2021-02-17T07:01:19.673+00:00

    @Emily Hua-MSFT
    Clear and precise answer. Thank you. The link you wrote has opened the Microsoft 365 page where you can download ODT. The “Details” link on the page showed that the filename is the same as you wrote “officedeploymenttool_13628-20274.exe”. This means that there is no specific ODT for Office 2019 Professional Plus retail. Microsoft 365 is fine.
    I need another clarification.
    I saw that in some Configuration files there is a line with "PIDKEY ="12345-ABCDE-67890-FGHIJ-KLMNO". This made me think that the Product Key for product activation should be entered directly in the Configuration file.
    However, in your Configuration file, which concerns Office 2019 Professional Plus retail, there is no PIDKEY. This makes me think that you can activate the product normally, after its installation, by entering the Product Key when starting the first app. But I'm not sure.
    I also saw that first of all you need to register with VLSC, log in, select the key and the product to download, etc. This procedure was indicated for Office 2019 Volume Licesing, but I don't know if it also applies to Office 2019 retail. From the figure you entered I do not understand well if the procedure is similar to this or not.
    What is the correct activation procedure for Office 2019 Professional retail installed with ODT?

  3. beldo 21 Reputation points
    2021-02-17T15:29:51.04+00:00

    @Emily Hua-MSFT
    Question 1. If, for example, in 2 years I need to add an Office 2019 app that I don't install now with ODT, I will be able to install it using the same license and the same procedure with ODT as now, or I will have to purchase a new specific license for that app?

    Question 2. I'm interested in Visio. If it was installed automatically with ODT, it would be enough not to exclude it. But, from some configuration files I have seen, it seems to me that to install it you need to add it.
    In the list of Product IDs supported by ODT I saw "VisioPro2019Retail". I think that's his right name. If you can, please give me confirmation. The configuration file should look like this. All right?

    <Configuration>
    <Add OfficeClientEdition="64">
    <Product ID="ProPlus2019Retail">
    <Language ID="en-us" />
    <ExcludeApp ID=”…” />
    ….
    </Product>
    <Product ID="VisioPro2019Retail">
    <Language ID="en-us" />
    </Product>
    </Add>
    </Configuration>

  4. beldo 21 Reputation points
    2021-02-20T00:43:15.47+00:00

    @Emily Hua-MSFT
    I'm interested in Visio. It is a standalone Office 2019 app, like Project. It requires a specific license in order to be installed. From some configuration files I've seen, it turns out that you can install it with ODT by adding it to Office 2019 apps (the ones that aren't excluded).
    In the list of Product IDs supported by ODT I saw "VisioPro2019Retail". I think that's the right name. The configuration file should look like this

    <Configuration>
    <Add OfficeClientEdition="64">
    <Product ID="ProPlus2019Retail">
    <Language ID="en-us" />
    <ExcludeApp ID=”…” />
    ….
    </Product>
    <Product ID="VisioPro2019Retail">
    <Language ID="en-us" />
    </Product>
    </Add>
    </Configuration>

    Is the file okay? Then, when the apps are opened for the first time, there will be 2 activations to be made, that of the Office 2019 apps, with their Product Key, and that of Visio with its. It seems logical to me that the procedure should be the same for both.

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