bin/echo "Channel Name set to InsiderFast for $loggedInUser" usr/bin/defaults write /Users/$loggedInUser/Library/Preferences/ ChannelName InsiderFast bin/echo "Preference archived as: /Users/$loggedInUser/Library/Preferences/.backup" bin/cp "/Users/$loggedInUser/Library/Preferences/" "/Users/$loggedInUser/Library/Preferences/.backup" LoggedInUser=`/bin/ls -l /dev/console | /usr/bin/awk ''` Launch agents/daemons are powered by a script and a plist that make the magic happen.įirst, we have our script which you can find on my github and I will show below sets the channel and updates to be applied automatically. After deploying these settings, you can reboot your Mac and it will apply seamlessly. Apply Updates via Microsoft AutoUpdate to switch to the Insider Buildĭeploy the Configuration Change for Microsoft AutoUpdateĪs I have discussed in some of my older blog posts, we can accomplish the configuration change easily via a shell script and launch agent.Download and Install the Office 365 Package from the Office 365 Portal.Reboot your Mac to get the launch daemon to apply the changes.Deploy a Configuration change to switch Microsoft AutoUpdate to the Insider Build.To transition to the insider build, we have a few steps: A hidden gem that many MacOS administrators are not familiar with is this Mac Admin Profile Reference website which can help you with building configuration files. This will be part of our challenge on switching to the insider build, but nothing too insane. Our issue is that MacOS App Store apps are production builds. Many of us have transitioned to the Microsoft Apps found on the Mac App Store. Microsoft has added some confusion to transitioning your Mac to the insider build in recent years. Allows clients to use new features like S/MIME, IRM, and shared mailboxes.All Client Protocols are consolidated, which means a single protocol is being used by all clients (Windows, iOS, Android, and now MacOS).Introduces support for other Office 365 tenants like O365 Government Cloud and O365 DoD environments.Replaces the Outlook device API and Stateless Protocol Translator to reduce latency between client and server.It goes directly from the client to Office 365. Does not use any middle-tier services.The new Microsoft Sync Technology has the following features: Let’s get started together! Microsoft Sync Technology We are going to cover what the new Microsoft Sync technology is (that Outlook for MacOS will be using), how to switch to the new Outlook, and some of its great new features. For a disclaimer, I want to point out this is still part of the insider preview. I thought it would be good to take a walk through the new Outlook for MacOS experience because UEM engineers have been waiting for this. It’s great news that they have made some major improvements. It’s no secret that Microsoft Apps on MacOS are a bit of a poop show. If the above method doesn’t work for you, there’s another one posted here.Recently, as I wrote about in my Ignite Article, Microsoft is finally giving Outlook for MacOS some proper TLC. Let me know if you have any questions, or if the above works for you. In my case I change it to an interval of 1 week, which is 604,800 seconds. Sudo plutil -replace StartInterval -integer 43200 /Library/LaunchAgents/.plist If you’d rather not disable it, and instead change the interval for it launching, do the following:Ĭontent plutil -p /Library/LaunchAgents/.plistĬp -a /Library/LaunchAgents/.plist /somewhere/to/backup/ Launchctl print-disabled gui/$(id -u) | grep microsoft How to change the interval for it launching But, as you’ve likely discovered, this does not prevent Microsoft Autoupdate from launching every 2 hours to state there are updates available. You’ll see I have “Automatically keep Microsoft Apps up to date” disabled. Personally, I find it annoying that Microsoft Autoupdate launches every two hours to tell me there are updates available (in my case I don’t wish to install the updates just yet, as I am using mobile data for a few weeks). Microsoft doesn’t provide any way to stop this occurring. If you’ve got any Microsoft apps installed on your macOS computer, and you’ve tried to disable automatic updates of those apps, you likely get notified every two hours of pending updates.
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