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Sometimes Windows Update will not search for Microsoft Office updates.

By Johan van Soest.

Published : 2014-05-06.

Last updated : 2017-05-02.

Windows will install Windows Update by default on your PC or Citrix XenApp Server. To receive Microsoft Office Updates, this "Windows Update" function has to be converted to "Microsoft Update". This Microsoft website provides a VBS script to enable Microsoft Office updates.
Just copy and paste the script into Notepad (++), save the script as "SetMicrosoftUpdate.vbs". Next run the script in an administrative Command box with:

cscript SetMicrosoftUpdate.vbs

After running the script, you may need to reboot the computer or server to receive Microsoft Updates (containing the MS Office updates)

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