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Hello
I have done a o365 channel change from Semi Annual to Monthly, using GPO and Intune policy. Simply policy to change from deferred to Monthly Enterprise.
So that triggers few changes to the workstations.
One of the change being to the registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\ClickToRun\Configuration
UpdateChannel = http://officecdn.microsoft.com/pr/55336b82-a18d-4dd6-b5f6-9e5095c314a6
However, CDNBaseUrl remains as "http://officecdn.microsoft.com/pr/7ffbc6bf-bc32-4f92-8982-f9dd17fd3114".
The channel update happens all works OK.
However, CDNBaseUrl still remains as "http://officecdn.microsoft.com/pr/7ffbc6bf-bc32-4f92-8982-f9dd17fd3114".
So my question is, does it matter if CDNBaseUrl value does not match UPDATECHANNEL value?
Thanks, DM.
Hi @David Moon ,
Welcome to Q&A forum!
The following information comes from this official article: How to manage Office 365 ProPlus Channels for IT Pros, please check if it helps you.
Q: I installed Office initially on one channel and later used GPO to assign a new one, is it normal for the CDNBaseURL and UpdateChannel not to match?
A: It depends. If a GPO is used to change channel, values will not match. CDNBaseURL will reflect value when Office Deployment Tool (ODT) was run where Update Channel "winner" will reflect the GPO. If ODT was used to change change channel, ODT will directly change CDNBaseURL to value defined in Config.XML and if priority order above aligns, UpdateChannel value will match.
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Hi VikiJi
Thank you for that information. That does clear few things up.
One other question.
So GPO policy will eventually update the REG key "UpdateChannel". So at this stage, O365 is still sitting at Semi Annual, until SCCM kicks in and does the conversion.
Once the conversion has taken place to Monthly Channel, what registry key can i refer to, to confirm that the migration to Monthly Enterprise was successful? (Without having to open the application).
Thanks
DM
Hi @David Moon ,
Thanks for your quick reply.
Based on the information you provided before, I conducted research and testing: change the Current to Semi-Annual channel through Group Policy.
I found that after changing the update channel, if the latest update is not performed, the key value in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\ClickToRun\Configuration will not change, and we will not be able to judge whether the update channel is successfully changed through the registry key value. Thanks for your understanding.
As you said, Group Policy will eventually update the "UpdateChannel" value. When we perform the latest update, "UpdateChannel" will be changed to the latest value. My test results are as follows:
Hi VickiJi
Your test shows the expected result, with the registry keys.
However, is there another way you can tell from the registry, whether the update itself is successful, apart from "UpdateChannel" value.
Maybe "AudienceID"? I cant rely on "updatechannel", as this can have a new value (due to GPO policy), even without the update itself having run or not.
Thanks
DM
Hi @David Moon ,
Thanks for your reply.
Per my research and testing, maybe we can't. Only after updating, the registry key will change accordingly.
Thanks for your understanding.
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