How can I download a previous version of Office 365

Question

My accounts department need an Excel Add-in that is only compatible with Office 365 Business Version 1708 (Build 8431.2270) and subsequent upgrades on the Semi Annual Channel.

I need to replace a number of PCs and when I install Office 365 it is the latest version and build - there is no Version choice.

Because these are new PCs with a clean install there is no previous version to rollback or revert to using the command line to run C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ClickToRun\OfficeC2RClient.exe

If anyone knows how to resolve this conundrum I will be very grateful.

Thanks

Answer 1

Hi Duncan,

To download the previous version of Office 365, you need to use Office Deployment Tool to configure the specific version. Please refer to the steps below:

1. Download Office 2016 deployment tool at this page: Office 2016 Deployment Tool.
2. Unzip the tool to your computer, for example I unzip it to a folder named ODT on my desktop, then modify the configuration.xml file. you can copy the script below:

<Configuration>

 <Add OfficeClientEdition="32" Channel="Broad" Version="16.0.8431.2270">

        <Product ID="O365ProPlusRetail">

          <Language ID="en-us" />

        </Product>

      </Add>

 <Updates Enabled="FALSE" />

</Configuration>

3. Press Win+R to open Run, insert cmd to open Command window.
4. Type cd C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\ODT to read the folder. Then type setup.exe /configure to download and install Office.

Regards,

Tisky

Answer 2

Hi Duncan,

Have you checked the steps above?

Regards,

Tisky