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**Download the latest version of this script from: https://gist.github.com/b6637160b65b751824943ede022daa17 .** Downloads and installs the latest available Microsoft product specified directly on the client. This avoids having to manually download and store an up-to-date installer on a distribution server every month.
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| <<ABOUT_THIS_SCRIPT | |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
| Written by:William Smith | |
| Professional Services Engineer | |
| Jamf | |
| [email protected] | |
| https://gist.github.com/talkingmoose/a16ca849416ce5ce89316bacd75fc91a | |
| Originally posted: November 19, 2017 | |
| Purpose: Downloads and installs the latest available Microsoft | |
| product specified directly on the client. This avoids having to | |
| manually download and store an up-to-date installer on a | |
| distribution server every month. | |
| Instructions: Update the linkID value to one of the corresponding | |
| Microsoft products in the list and run the script with elevated | |
| privileges. If using Jamf Pro, consider replacing the linkID value | |
| with "$4" and entering the ID as a script parameter in a policy. | |
| Except where otherwise noted, this work is licensed under | |
| http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| "You say goodbye and I say exit 0." | |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
| ABOUT_THIS_SCRIPT | |
| # enter the Microsoft fwlink (permalink) product ID | |
| linkID="830196" # AutoUpdate SKUless download | |
| # 525133 - Office 2016 for Mac SKUless download | |
| # 525134 - Word SKUless download | |
| # 525135 - Excel SKUless download | |
| # 525136 - PowerPoint SKUless download | |
| # 525137 - Outlook SKUless download | |
| # 820886 - OneNote SKUless download | |
| # 823060 - OneDrive SKUless download | |
| # 830196 - AutoUpdate SKUless download | |
| # 800050 - SharePoint Plugin SKUless download | |
| # 832978 - Skype for Business SKUless download | |
| # this is the full fwlink URL | |
| url="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=$linkID" | |
| # change directory to /private/tmp to make this the working directory | |
| cd /private/tmp/ | |
| # download the installer package and get the file name | |
| fileName=$( /usr/bin/curl -JLO "$url" | /usr/bin/awk -F "'" '{ print $2 }' ) | |
| # install the package | |
| /usr/sbin/installer -pkg $fileName -target / | |
| # remove the installer package when done | |
| /bin/rm -f "$fileName" | |
| exit 0 |
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