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Install Office LTSC preview

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７ Note

This article is for a preview program and is subject to change.

This preview program is intended for organizations that expect to buy and
deploy Office LTSC 2024, the new volume licensed (perpetual) version of Office.
This preview program isn’t intended for organizations that have already
purchased and deployed Office from a Microsoft 365 plan.
This preview program isn't intended for home users of Office.

Preview versions of the following products are available for you to install and test on
devices running Windows in your organization.

Microsoft Office LTSC 2024 for commercial preview

Microsoft Project 2024 preview
Microsoft Visio 2024 preview

For information about the preview version of Office for devices running macOS, see
Overview of Office LTSC 2024 for Mac preview.

Installation considerations for Office LTSC

preview
Before installing Office LTSC preview, review the following information.

Supported operating systems

Office LTSC preview can be installed on the following operating systems:

Windows 11 (minimum for ARM-based devices)

Windows 10 LTSC 2021
Windows 10 LTSC 2019
Windows 10
Windows Server 2022
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Memory and disk space

The device on which you’re installing the preview products should have at least 4 GB of
memory and at least 4 GB of available disk space for each product that you’re installing.

32-bit and 64-bit versions

The Office LTSC 2024 for commercial preview, Project 2024 preview, and Visio 2024 preview
are available in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. We recommend 64-bit, especially on
devices that have 4 GB or more of memory. But you should assess application compatibility
and other factors that might require you to use the 32-bit version. For more information,
see Choose between the 64-bit or 32-bit version of Office .

All installed products must be either the 32-bit version or the 64-bit version. For example,
you can't install a 32-bit version of Visio on the same device with a 64-bit version of Office.

Previous versions of Office

Uninstall any previous version of Office, Project, and Visio before installing the preview
products. You can use the RemoveMSI attribute in your configuration.xml file to remove
products on the device that were installed by using the Windows Installer (MSI) installation
technology. For example, volume licensed versions of Office 2016.

For more information, see Remove existing MSI versions of Office when upgrading to
Microsoft 365 Apps. Even though the article is aimed at customers upgrading to Microsoft
365 Apps, the information does apply to installing the preview products.

To remove Office products that were installed by using Click-to-Run, such as Office LTSC
2021, you need to use the Remove element.

Installation location
Preview products are installed on the system drive, which is usually the C:\ drive. The
installation location can’t be changed.

Apps installed
Microsoft Office LTSC 2024 for commercial preview includes Access, Excel, OneNote,
Outlook, PowerPoint, Skype for Business, and Word. You can control which apps are

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installed, for example by using the ExcludeApp element.

Internet connectivity
After you download the installation files, internet connectivity isn’t required to install the
Office LTSC preview. Internet connectivity is required if you're using MAK activation, but not
for KMS activation. After activation, internet connectivity isn't required to use the preview
products.

Install Office LTSC preview by using the Office

Deployment Tool
The Office Deployment Tool (ODT) is a free download from the Microsoft Download
Center. Always download and use the most current version of the ODT. The ODT is used to
download and install Office products, such as preview products, that use Click-to-Run
installation technology.

After downloading the file, run the self-extracting executable file, which contains the Office
Deployment Tool executable (setup.exe).

Create a configuration.xml file to define the installation settings. Choose which preview
products and languages to install, select the architecture (32-bit or 64-bit), and specify
where to install and update the preview products from.

For more information about using the Office Deployment Tool and the settings available
for your configuration.xml file, see the following articles:

Overview of the Office Deployment Tool

Configuration options for the Office Deployment Tool

Copy the ODT (setup.exe) and your configuration.xml file to the device. From an elevated
command prompt, run the following command to install the preview products:

Console

setup.exe /configure configuration.xml

Example configuration.xml file

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The following sample configuration.xml installs the 64-bit version of the three preview
products in English. Also, any previous versions of Office that were installed by using the
Windows Installer (MSI) installation technology is removed from the device. Because no
UpdatePath attribute is specified, the preview products are updated directly from the Office
Content Delivery Network (CDN) on the internet.

XML

<Configuration>
<Add OfficeClientEdition="64" Channel="PerpetualVL2024">
<Product ID="ProPlus2024Volume" PIDKEY="#####-#####-#####-#####-#####" >
<Language ID="en-us" />
</Product>
<Product ID="VisioPro2024Volume" PIDKEY="#####-#####-#####-#####-#####">
<Language ID="en-us" />
</Product>
<Product ID="ProjectPro2024Volume" PIDKEY="#####-#####-#####-#####-#####" >
<Language ID="en-us" />
</Product>
</Add>
<RemoveMSI />
<Property Name="AUTOACTIVATE" Value="1" />
</Configuration>

For the PIDKEY attribute, replace #####-#####-#####-#####-##### with the appropriate

Key Management Service (KMS) or Multiple Activation Key (MAK) product key. For more
information, see Activate Office LTSC preview.

If you want to download and install the preview products from a shared folder from within
your internal network, you can specify that location with the SourcePath attribute.

If you don’t want certain Office apps to be installed, you can use the ExcludeApp element.

Activate Office LTSC preview

There are special product keys to activate the preview versions of Office LTSC, Project, and
Visio. You can use either Key Management Service (KMS) or Multiple Activation Key (MAK)
to activate the preview products.

Use KMS to activate

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To use KMS to activate the preview products, you need a KMS host computer, and it must
be configured to support Office 2021 activation. Even though the KMS host computer is
configured to activate Office 2021 products, that KMS host computer is able to activate the
preview products.

If you don’t have a KMS host computer that supports Office 2021 activation, you can use
the MAK product keys to activate the preview products.

For more information about configuring KMS activation, see the following articles:

Configure a KMS host computer to activate volume licensed versions of Office

Configure DNS for activating volume licensed versions of Office by using KMS
Activate volume licensed versions of Office by using KMS

Internet connectivity isn’t required for KMS activation. The devices running the preview
products only need to be able to contact a KMS host computer on your internal network to
be activated.

The following table lists the product keys for KMS activation of the preview products.

ﾉ Expand table

Product Product key for KMS activation

Office LTSC 2024 for commercial preview 2TDPW-NDQ7G-FMG99-DXQ7M-TX3T2

Project 2024 preview D9GTG-NP7DV-T6JP3-B6B62-JB89R

Visio 2024 preview YW66X-NH62M-G6YFP-B7KCT-WXGKQ

You include this product key as the PIDKEY attribute in the configuration.xml file when you
use the ODT to install the preview products. For more information, see Example
configuration.xml file.

If you don’t specify the product key in the configuration.xml file, you can enter the product
key manually by opening an Office app, such as Word, and going to File > Account >
Change Product Key.

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Activation might not occur right away. In some cases, it might take up to 24 hours for
activation to occur. There's a grace period of three days for activation.

Use MAK to activate

The following table lists the product keys for MAK activation of the preview products.

ﾉ Expand table

Product Product key for MAK activation

Office LTSC 2024 for commercial preview Y63J7-9RNDJ-GD3BV-BDKBP-HH966

Project 2024 preview GQRNR-KHGMM-TCMK6-M2R3H-94W9W

Visio 2024 preview 3HYNG-BB9J3-MVPP7-2W3D8-CPVG7

You include this product key as the PIDKEY attribute in the configuration.xml file when you
use the Office Deployment Tool to install the preview products. For more information, see
Example configuration.xml file.

If you don’t specify the product key in the configuration.xml file, you can enter the product
key manually by opening an Office app, such as Word, and going to File > Account >
Change Product Key.

Update Office LTSC preview

Updates for preview products include security and nonsecurity updates that provide
stability and performance improvements for Office, as needed.

To manually check for updates, open any Office app, such as Word, and go to File >
Account > Update Options > Update Now.

Update from the Office Content Delivery Network

If network connectivity and other considerations based on your organizational
requirements aren’t an issue, let the preview products automatically update themselves
directly from the Office Content Delivery Network (CDN) on the internet. This option

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requires the least administrative effort and is the easiest way to keep the preview products
up to date.

While the updates are being downloaded in the background, you can continue to use your
Office apps, such as Word. After the updates are downloaded, the updates are installed. If
you have any Office apps open, you’re prompted to save your work and close the apps, so
that the updates can be installed.

Update by using a network share

If you don’t want devices in your organization to connect to the Office CDN to get updates,
you can configure the preview products to get updates from a shared folder from within
your internal network. You can use the Office Deployment Tool to download the latest
version of the preview products from the Office CDN to a shared folder on your internal
network. You can then configure the preview products to check that shared folder for
updates by using the UpdatePath attribute in your configuration.xml file.

This option requires more administrative effort and more disk space. For example, you
must keep track of when new builds of the preview products are available and then
download the updated version to the shared folder on your network. The main installation
file that contains all three preview products is at least 2.3 GB and each language file is at
least 400 MB. There aren’t separate downloads for each preview product, and you can’t
download just the security updates or nonsecurity updates.

Getting support and providing feedback

Microsoft support isn’t available for the preview program.

Use preview products only for testing purposes. For example, to familiarize yourself with
deploying preview products and using the new features in the Office apps. Preview
products shouldn’t be used in your normal production environment or on a production
device.

If you want to provide feedback about an Office app or feature, go to File, and select
Feedback in that app.

If you have questions about Office LTSC preview or want to provide feedback, go to the
Microsoft 365 and Office forum for business customers on Microsoft Community.

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