If you have a Microsoft 365 for business product you can use the Microsoft 365 Deployment Tool (ODT) to download and install Microsoft 365 or Microsoft 365 offline. The tool is designed for enterprise environments and runs from the command line, so the steps are more complicated--but they'll still work for installation on a single device.
You must have a Microsoft 365 or Microsoft 365 license assigned to you to install and activate the Microsoft 365 apps. To check if you have one, see What Microsoft 365 business product or license do I have?
- Create a folder on your hard drive and name it ODT. For this example, we'll create it on the c:\ drive, like so: c:\ODT.
- Download the Microsoft 365 Deployment Tool from the Microsoft Download Center. Select Save As and save it to your downloads folder.
- In your downloads folder, double-click the Office Deployment Tool exe file to install it.
- If you see the User Account Control prompt that says, Do you want to allow this app to make changes to your device?, click Yes.
- Accept the Microsoft Software License Terms, and then click Continue.
- In the Browse for Folder dialog, select the ODT folder you created in earlier, and then click OK.
Step 2 - Download and install Office
The drop-down list below contains detailed steps that show how to download and install the 32-bit or 64-bit version of Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise or Microsoft 365 Apps for business.
If you have a Microsoft 365 Apps for business or Microsoft 365 Business Standard plan, you need to download the Microsoft 365 Apps for business version. For all other plans, download the Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise version. See the following if you're not sure which version to install:
Which version of Office do you want to install?
Install the 32-bit version of Office365_ProPlus
Step 1: Install the 32-bit version of Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise
Open Notepad on your computer.
Copy and paste the following into a blank text file in Notepad:
<Configuration>
<Add OfficeClientEdition="32">
<Product ID="O365ProPlusRetail">
<Language ID="en-us" />
</Product>
</Add>
</Configuration>
Note
The <Language ID> in the code above is for the English version "en-us". You need to change what's between those quotes if you want to download Office in a different language. If you're not sure what that is, use the URL for this topic to see your language ID, for example, "support.office.com/<this is your language ID>/article". In the text you just copied, replace "en-us" in this line, <Language ID="your language ID" />.
Save the file as installOfficeProPlus32.xml in the ODT folder.
Click Start, type run, and then select the Run Desktop app to open it.
In the Run dialog, type the following exactly as shown below.
- c:\odt\setup.exe /download installOfficeProPlus32.xml
Click OK.
If you see the User Account Control prompt that says, Do you want to allow this app to make changes to your device?, click Yes.
A blank dialog box appears with c:\ODT\setup.exe in the title bar. The Office installation files should start downloading to the ODT folder on your computer.
It can take a while to finish downloading and it may look like nothing is happening while the files are downloading. You'll know the installation is complete once the dialog box closes on its own, and a new folder called Office appears in the ODT folder you created earlier.
After the files have finished downloading, open the Run dialog box again. This time type the following.
- c:\odt\setup.exe /configure installOfficeProPlus32.xml
Click OK.
If you see the User Account Control prompt that says, Do you want to allow this app to make changes to your device?, click Yes.
The install should begin.
Step 2: Activate and update Office
After your Office installation is complete, you need to activate Office. Be sure you're connected to the Internet and then open any Office application, such as Word or Excel.
Next, open an existing document or create a new document and select File > Account. Office should automatically activate.
After you activate Office and before you start using it, make sure you have the latest updates. In the same document, select Update Options and in the drop-down list box, select Update Now.
If nothing happens, close the application and repeat steps 2 and 3 to update Office from the Account page.
Were these steps helpful? If so, please let us know at the bottom of this topic. If they weren't, and you're still having trouble installing Office, tell us what you were trying to do and where you had difficulties. We'll use your feedback to double-check our steps and provide additional information.
Install the 64-bit version of Office365_ProPlus
Step 1: Install the 64-bit version of Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise
Open Notepad on your computer.
Copy and paste the following into a blank text file in Notepad:
<Configuration>
<Add OfficeClientEdition="64">
<Product ID="O365ProPlusRetail">
<Language ID="en-us" />
</Product>
</Add>
</Configuration>
Note
The <Language ID> in the code above is for the English version "en-us". You need to change what's between those quotes if you want to download Office in a different language. If you're not sure what that is, use the URL for this topic to see your language ID, for example, "support.office.com/<this is your language ID>/article". In the text you just copied, replace "en-us" in this line, <Language ID="your language ID" />.
Save the file as installOfficeProPlus64.xml in the ODT folder.
Click Start, type run, and then select the Run Desktop app to open it.
In the Run dialog, type the following exactly as shown below.
- c:\odt\setup.exe /download installOfficeProPlus64.xml
Click OK.
If you see the User Account Control prompt that says, Do you want to allow this app to make changes to your device?, click Yes.
A blank dialog box appears with c:\ODT\setup.exe in the title bar. The Office installation files should start downloading to the ODT folder on your computer.
It can take a while to finish downloading and it may look like nothing is happening while the files are downloading. You'll know the installation is complete once the dialog box closes on its own, and a new folder called Office appears in the ODT folder you created earlier.
After the files have finished downloading, open the Run dialog box again. This time type the following.
- c:\odt\setup.exe /configure installOfficeProPlus64.xml
Click OK.
If you see the User Account Control prompt that says, Do you want to allow this app to make changes to your device?, click Yes.
The install should begin.
Step 2: Activate and update Office
After your Office installation is complete, you need to activate Office. Be sure you're connected to the Internet and then open any Office application, such as Word or Excel.
Next, open an existing document or create a new document and select File > Account. Office should automatically activate.
After you activate Office and before you start using it, make sure you have the latest updates. In the same document, select Update Options and in the drop-down list box, select Update Now.
If nothing happens, close the application and repeat steps 2 and 3 to update Office from the Account page.
Were these steps helpful? If so, please let us know at the bottom of this topic. If they weren't, and you're still having trouble installing Office, tell us what you were trying to do and where you had difficulties. We'll use your feedback to double-check our steps and provide additional information.
Install the 32-bit version of Office365_Business
Step 1: Install the 32-bit version of Microsoft 365 Apps for business
Open Notepad on your computer.
Copy and paste the following into a blank text file in Notepad:
<Configuration>
<Add OfficeClientEdition="32">
<Product ID="O365BusinessRetail">
<Language ID="en-us" />
</Product>
</Add>
</Configuration>
Note
The <Language ID> in the code above is for the English version "en-us". You need to change what's between those quotes if you want to download Office in a different language. If you're not sure what that is, use the URL for this topic to see your language ID, for example, "support.office.com/<this is your language ID>/article". In the text you just copied, replace "en-us" in this line, <Language ID="your language ID" />.
Save the file as installOfficeBusRet32.xml in the ODT folder.
Click Start, type run, and then select the Run Desktop app to open it.
In the Run dialog, type the following exactly as shown below.
- c:\odt\setup.exe /download installOfficeBusRet32.xml
Click OK.
If you see the User Account Control prompt that says, Do you want to allow this app to make changes to your device?, click OK.
A blank dialog box appears with c:\ODT\setup.exe in the title bar. The Office installation files should start downloading to the ODT folder on your computer.
It can take a while to finish downloading and it may look like nothing is happening while the files are downloading. You'll know the installation is complete once the dialog box closes on its own, and a new folder called Office appears in the ODT folder you created earlier.
After the files have finished downloading, open the Run dialog box again. This time type the following.
- c:\odt\setup.exe /configure installOfficeBusRet32.xml
Click OK.
If you see the User Account Control prompt that says, Do you want to allow this app to make changes to your device?, click OK.
The install should begin.
Step 2: Activate and update Office
After your Office installation is complete, you need to activate Office. Be sure you're connected to the Internet and then open any Office application, such as Word or Excel.
Next, open an existing document or create a new document and select File > Account. Office should automatically activate.
After you activate Office and before you start using it, make sure you have the latest updates. In the same document, select Update Options and in the drop-down list box, select Update Now.
If nothing happens, close the application and repeat steps 2 and 3 to update Office from the Account page.
Were these steps helpful? If so, please let us know at the bottom of this topic. If they weren't, and you're still having trouble installing Office, tell us what you were trying to do and where you had difficulties. We'll use your feedback to double-check our steps and provide additional information.
Install the 64-bit version of Office365_Business
Step 1: Install the 64-bit version of Microsoft 365 Apps for business
Open Notepad on your computer.
Copy and paste the following into a blank text file in Notepad:
<Configuration>
<Add OfficeClientEdition="64">
<Product ID="O365BusinessRetail">
<Language ID="en-us" />
</Product>
</Add>
</Configuration>
Note
The <Language ID> in the code above is for the English version "en-us". You need to change what's between those quotes if you want to download Office in a different language. If you're not sure what that is, use the URL for this topic to see your language ID, for example, "support.office.com/<this is your language ID>/article". In the text you just copied, replace "en-us" in this line, <Language ID="your language ID" />.
Save the file as installOfficeBusRet64.xml in the ODT folder.
Click Start, type run, and then select the Run Desktop app to open it.
In the Run dialog, type the following exactly as shown below.
- c:\odt\setup.exe /download installOfficeBusRet64.xml
Click OK.
If you see the User Account Control prompt that says, Do you want to allow this app to make changes to your device?, click Yes.
A blank dialog box appears with c:\ODT\setup.exe in the title bar. The Office installation files should start downloading to the ODT folder on your computer.
It can take a while to finish downloading and it may look like nothing is happening while the files are downloading. You'll know the installation is complete once the dialog box closes on its own, and a new folder called Office appears in the ODT folder you created earlier.
After the files have finished downloading, open the Run dialog box again. This time type the following.
- c:\odt\setup.exe /configure installOfficeBusRet64.xml
Click OK.
If you see the User Account Control prompt that says, Do you want to allow this app to make changes to your device?, click Yes.
The install should begin.
Step 2: Activate and update Office
After your Office installation is complete, you need to activate Office. Be sure you're connected to the Internet and then open any Office application, such as Word or Excel.
Next, open an existing document or create a new document and select File > Account. Office should automatically activate.
After you activate Office and before you start using it, make sure you have the latest updates. In the same document, select Update Options and in the drop-down list box, select Update Now.
If nothing happens, close the application and repeat steps 2 and 3 to update Office from the Account page.
Were these steps helpful? If so, please let us know at the bottom of this topic. If they weren't, and you're still having trouble installing Office, tell us what you were trying to do and where you had difficulties. We'll use your feedback to double-check our steps and provide additional information.
