Microsoft's online console for managing Microsoft 365 Apps. It hosts Cloud Policy, inventory, saved configurations and the Office Customization Tool.
Also called config.office.com.
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Terms in this definition
- Online management group
Workloads that may talk directly to or from the internet, or that need no virtual network at all, go in this management group. It is a sibling of Corp and Local beneath Landing zones.
- Microsoft 365 Apps
Word, Excel, Outlook and the rest of Microsoft's Office programs for the desktop, licensed by subscription. Admins roll them out using the Office Deployment Tool or Intune.
- Cloud Policy service for Microsoft 365
Delivers per-user settings to Microsoft 365 Apps on whatever device someone signs in to, for instance whether Copilot may search the web. Admins manage it in the Microsoft 365 Apps admin center and target Microsoft Entra groups.
- Office Customization Tool
Rather than writing XML by hand, admins use this browser-based tool to pick products, languages, an update channel and app preferences for Microsoft 365 Apps, then export a file for the Office Deployment Tool.
Related terms
- Cloud update
Handles Microsoft 365 Apps updates for devices on Current or Monthly Enterprise from within the Microsoft 365 Apps admin center, with waves, exclusion windows, pausing and rollback. Where other update management also applies, it wins.