Update Channel

This policy setting controls which update channel Office gets updates from.

If you enable this policy setting, Office gets updates from the update channel that you select.

If you disable or don't configure this policy setting, Office gets updates from its default channel, or by the update channel specified by the Office Deployment Tool. The default channel is determined by which Office product that is installed.

Note: This policy setting only applies to subscription versions of Office, such as Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise, and to subscription versions of Project and Visio.​

Channel Name:

0. Current Channel
   

   Registry Hive	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
   Registry Path	software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\officeupdate
   Value Name	updatebranch
   Value Type	REG_SZ
   Value	Current

1. Current Channel (Preview)
   

   Registry Hive	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
   Registry Path	software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\officeupdate
   Value Name	updatebranch
   Value Type	REG_SZ
   Value	FirstReleaseCurrent

2. Monthly Enterprise Channel
   

   Registry Hive	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
   Registry Path	software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\officeupdate
   Value Name	updatebranch
   Value Type	REG_SZ
   Value	MonthlyEnterprise

3. Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel
   

   Registry Hive	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
   Registry Path	software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\officeupdate
   Value Name	updatebranch
   Value Type	REG_SZ
   Value	Deferred

4. Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel (Preview)
   

   Registry Hive	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
   Registry Path	software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\officeupdate
   Value Name	updatebranch
   Value Type	REG_SZ
   Value	FirstReleaseDeferred

5. Beta Channel
   

   Registry Hive	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
   Registry Path	software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\officeupdate
   Value Name	updatebranch
   Value Type	REG_SZ
   Value	InsiderFast