This will allow a (local) administrator to switch between selected Update Channels.

Registry or Group Policy setting: Show the option for the Office Update Channel experience.

Useful when you need to switch between Channels or want to give the user control over which Channel they use. This will reveal the Office Insider button just like in Microsoft 365 for Home.

Registry or Group Policy setting: Show the option for Office Insider.

However, if you have a specific need to test out the Beta Channel release as a business or enterprise user, Microsoft offers the following methods The main reason for this, is because the Office Insider Beta Channel (previously known as Office Insider Fast) is not a supported build of Office and that is not a state to be in as a company. Is there any way to still be able to switch between Microsoft 365 Apps for Business channel releases by using Group Policy or editing the Registry?īy default, within Microsoft 365 Apps for Business and Enterprise, you indeed can’t change between the Office Insider levels from within an Office application as you can with Microsoft 365 for Home.

Instead, I need to use custom installers to achieve this.Īs I test the various Office release channels, I prefer not to reinstall but to simply update Go from the oldest release channel and switch to a newer each time.

Unlike Microsoft 365 for Home, I can’t seem to switch between the Office Insider release builds via File-> Office Account-> Office Insider when using Microsoft 365 Apps for Business.

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