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Hi, I'm in the process of deploying Windows 10 (x64 Enterprise Build 1809) at a customer site using Configuration Manager Current Branch (1806 + Hotfix). Office 365 Click-to-Run is a Tier 1 application that I am installing during deployment of the OS to the endpoint machine. In order to ensure the O365 C2R content is the latest "Semi-Annual Channel" version (client is bound by regulation to patch applications, so testing this with Office) I've setup the following: "Content" for the Application in CM is JUST setup.exe plus XML files for the install. Two XML files for install for two different locations (one of which is on at a low-speed WAN site). Each XML refers to source content in an open share on the Distribution Point servers - one of which is at the low-speed WAN site. Two deployment types in the Application - one for each XML. Setup a Scheduled Task on the Distribution Point servers to update the share (not the Application content) on a regular basis So my plan was then to use a "Requirement" on the application using a custom Global Condition that determines the Active Directory site (created using PowerShell). The idea then being that during deployment, the application installs using the latest available SAC version and administrators don't need to worry about the Application content being updated. And of course, the XML file then tells it to grab the content from the local site, which is highly connected. Works wonderfully well in Software Center in my testing. BUT, doesn't seem to work in OSD Task Sequence ☹️. If I am reading error logs right, it seems as though the PowerShell in the Global Condition is not being allowed to run (even when I set Execution Policy to "Bypass" earlier in the Task Sequence. So, perhaps I am making things more complex than they should be. Simplest thing to do would be to create two separate applications using the same method (i.e. not just two deployment types) and use a Dynamic Variable in the Task Sequence that installs one or the other dependent upon gateway IP. However, throwing it out there for some thoughts on how I could do this using the multiple deployment methods on the single app. Thanks, Matt

Hello, Is there a way to deploy Skype for Business Basic (O365 Click-to-Run) during an Operating System Deployment task sequence? I'm able to deploy O365 Pro Plus with OSD. But if I include Skype in the configuration xml file, the application will not install. I broke Skype out into its own package with its own configuration xml and it still won't install during OSD. Can anyone provide some pointers on how to get this done, please?

I have a test machine with Office 365 set to have managed updates through SCCM. The available o365 updates are showing properly in the "Office 365 Update" section of the console. I've read several articles about creating ADRs for O365 updates, but I haven't been able to find anything with respect to adding these updates to an existing traditional software update group. I have a manually created "monthly software update" group and I would like to add the available O365 update to that existing software update group. I believe I *can* do this - but is there a reason there is no documentation out there to do so - is it not a good idea to add O365 updates to an existing traditional Software Update group?

Hi not sure if this is the right place ofr this post, but hopfully somebody can help. just started dipping my toe into O365 and playing arround with skype. I have been creating Office 365 groups then deleteing them for one reason or another, but these records are still showing up in the skype contact list, and i don't mean that i have pinned them. I have even done a clean install of skype then search and they show up. but in 365 groups or mailboxes there is nothing there relating to them. any idea how i get rid of them showing up when i search. thanks. RD