Install Office 2019 Volume License Edition using the Office Deployment Tool

How to use the Office Deployment Tool (ODT) with the Office Customization Tool to generate an XML configuration file to silent install Office 2019 Volume License edition

Steps to deploy Office 2019 Volume License Edition

1. Download the Office Deployment Tool (ODT)
2. Generate an XML configuration file using the Office Customization Tool
3. Office 2019 Configuration.xml example
4. Download Office 2019 setup files
5. Install Office 2019 using the XML configuration file

Download the Office Deployment Tool (ODT)

Download Office Deployment Tool
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=49117

Open officedeploymenttool.exe and agree to the license terms

Extract to C:\ODT

The extracted folder contains the Office deployment tool setup.exe and some example XML configuration files

Generate an XML configuration file using the Office Customization Tool

The Office Customization Tool is used to create an XML configuration file containing all the settings for installing Office.
The XML configuration file is then used with the Office deployment tool to download and install Office.

This example is for installing Office 2019 with these settings:

Office Standard 2019 64-bit, silent installation
Excel, Outlook, Publisher, OneNote, PowerPoint and Word
Volume license with MAK key and per user activation

Office Customization Tool
https://config.office.com

Create a new configuration

Office 2019 deployment settings

Products and releases

Which architecture do you want to deploy? 64-bit
Office Suites: Office Standard 2019 - Volume License
Update channel: Office 2019 Perpetual Enterprise
Select the version: Latest
Apps: Select Excel, Outlook, Publisher, OneNote, PowerPoint and Word

Language

Select primary language: Match operating system

Installation

Where do you want to deploy Office from?
Local source, source path: C:\ODT

Fallback to the CDN for missing languages: Untick
Show installation to the user: Off (for silent installation)

Update and upgrade

Where do you want to deploy updates from?
Office Content Delivery Network (CDN)

Automatically check for updates: On

Upgrade options:
Uninstall any MSI versions of Office, including Visio and Project: Off

Licensing and activation

Automatically accept the EULA: On

Office Standard 2019 - Volume License: MAK
Product Key: XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX

Product activation: User based

General

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Click Next

Application preferences

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Click Finish

Export the Office deployment settings to an XML file

Select Office Open XML formats - click OK

Accept the license agreement
File name: Configuration
Export

Save Configuration.xml file to C:\ODT

Office 2019 Volume License edition Configuration.xml example

<Configuration>
  <Add OfficeClientEdition="64" Channel="PerpetualVL2019" SourcePath="C:\ODT" AllowCdnFallback="FALSE">
    <Product ID="Standard2019Volume" PIDKEY="XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX">
      <Language ID="MatchOS" />
      <ExcludeApp ID="Groove" />
      <ExcludeApp ID="OneDrive" />
    </Product>
  </Add>
  <Property Name="SharedComputerLicensing" Value="0" />
  <Property Name="FORCEAPPSHUTDOWN" Value="FALSE" />
  <Property Name="DeviceBasedLicensing" Value="0" />
  <Property Name="SCLCacheOverride" Value="0" />
  <Property Name="AUTOACTIVATE" Value="1" />
  <Updates Enabled="TRUE" />
  <AppSettings>
    <User Key="software\microsoft\office\16.0\excel\options" Name="defaultformat" Value="51" Type="REG_DWORD" App="excel16" Id="L_SaveExcelfilesas" />
    <User Key="software\microsoft\office\16.0\powerpoint\options" Name="defaultformat" Value="27" Type="REG_DWORD" App="ppt16" Id="L_SavePowerPointfilesas" />
    <User Key="software\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options" Name="defaultformat" Value="" Type="REG_SZ" App="word16" Id="L_SaveWordfilesas" />
  </AppSettings>
  <Display Level="None" AcceptEULA="TRUE" />
</Configuration>

Download Office 2019 setup files

The first time Office Deployment Tool setup.exe is run with the /download option to download Office setup files, then setup.exe is run again with the /configure option to install Office 2019

Run this command from an elevated command prompt to download Office 2019 using the Configuration.xml file

setup.exe /download C:\ODT\Configuration.xml

Office 2019 installation files have been downloaded to C:\ODT\Office