Assistance Needed to Update Microsoft Office 2019 Home & Business on Offline Windows Server 2019

Question

In our organization, we are using Windows Server 2019 and have installed Microsoft Office 2019 Home & Business. Our server lacks internet connectivity, and we need to update Microsoft Office 2019 Home & Business to address several CVEs.

We currently have Microsoft Office 2019 Home & Business version 16.0.16130.20332 installed and need to update to version 16.0.17231.20236 or the latest version.

I have already tried using the Office Deployment Tool and Office Customization Tool to download the updates, but these tools only list Office Professional Plus 2019 and Office Standard 2019, with no option to download Microsoft Office 2019 Home & Business. In our organization, there is no machine connected to the internet for cybersecurity reasons. Therefore, our priority is to download the latest Microsoft Office 2019 Home & Business on an online machine (outside the organization), copy the file to the server, and then install Microsoft Office 2019 Home & Business on our Windows Server 2019.

If anyone has guidance or specific troubleshooting steps on how to achieve this, it would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Hi @sjarasan

but these tools only list Office Professional Plus 2019 and Office Standard 2019, with no option to download Microsoft Office 2019 Home & Business

On Office Customization Tool webpage, please choose one Office product, select other settings same with your current Office 2019, export the .xml file, then use “HomeBusiness2019Retail” to replace previous Office product ID, like the following .xml file.

<Configuration>
 <Add OfficeClientEdition="64" >
  <Product ID="HomeBusiness2019Retail" >
   <Language ID="en-us" />
  </Product>
 </Add>
</Configuration>

Put this configuration file together with ODT tool (setup.exe), such as "Test" folder. Please run commands to download the installation file.

• cd "Test" folder path
• setup.exe /download .xml file
• 
• When the download is finished, please copy the whole "Test" folder to your organization shared folder.

Then you need to change the update path for your Office 2019 via registry. For more, please refer to: Considerations when changing channels

• Registry key: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\office\ClickToRun\Configuration,
• Registry value：UpdateUrl and Update Channel
• Data Value: "Test" folder path

And then open one Office 2019 app, go to File > Account > Update Option > Update Now.********************************************

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