Installing and updating Click-to-Run products

Install and update content for Microsoft Click-to-Run products through BigFix Patches for Windows.

BigFix Patches for Windows provides support for Microsoft updates that are installed through Click-to-Run, instead of the Windows installer-based method (MSI). Click-to-Run is a streaming and virtualization Microsoft technology that install and update Microsoft products, including Office 365 and Office 2016.BigFix Patches for Windows helps users with the following features:
  • Detect outdated Office 365 and Office 2016 products
  • Configure the update source settings of Office 365 Click-to-Run updates to come from the web, a network share location, or from a client cache folder through the BigFix architecture
  • Remove the update source settings for Office 365 Click-to-Run updates
  • Maintain an updated network share
  • Enable and disable automatic updates
  • Check the Office 365 configuration of machines

Microsoft Click-to-Run technology

Click-to-Run is a streaming and virtualization Microsoft technology that installs Office products such as Office 365 and the single purchase version of Office 2016. Click-to-Run updates do not use MSI, MSP, and Windows Server Update Services (WSUS). Office products that use Click-to-Run can receive automatic updates from Microsoft through the web or download from an on-premises location.The Office Deployment tool is used to manage Click-to-Run installations.

The Office Deployment Tool supports the following operating systems:.
Table 1. Operating systems that are supported by the Office Deployment Tool
Office products Operating systems
Office 2013

  • Windows 7

  • Windows 8

  • Windows Server 2008 R2

  • Windows Server 2012

Office 2016

  • Windows 10

  • Windows 7

  • Windows 8

  • Windows 8.1

  • Windows Server 2008 R2

  • Windows Server 2012

  • Windows Server 2012 R2

For more information about Click-to-Run, see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office/troubleshoot/office-suite-issues/office-click-to-run-installation.

For more information about Office Deployment Tool, see the following links:

Supported applications

BigFix Patches for Windows supports applications and, if applicable, subscription plans for the following Microsoft products that use Click-to-Run.
  • Office 365 – Office 2013 PC applications
  • Office 365 – Office 2016 PC applications
  • Office 2016 (single purchase version)

For more detailed information about the supported application, see Supported operating systems, products, and updates.

Supported product IDs for Office 365

For Current, Monthly Enterprise, Semi-Annual, and Semi-Annual Preview Channels, BigFix offers support for the following product Ids in Office 365 which are O365ProPlusRetail, O365BusinessRetail, ProPlus2019Retail, and ProPlus2021Retail.

Additionally, for perpetual channel, BigFix extends support to ProPlus2019Volume and ProPlus2021Volume

The following product IDs for office 365 are supported by BigFix:
  • O365ProPlusRetail
  • O365BusinessRetail
  • ProPlus2019Retail
  • ProPlus2021Retail
  • ProPlus2019Volume
  • ProPlus2021Volume