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Migration from Office 2019 to Office 2024 on an IT workstation supervised by BITS

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Forced upgrade to Office 2024 at the university:
08.09.2025

End of support for Office 2019:
October 2025

Microsoft Office 2024 is installed on the computer as an update during this migration. This means that the previous working environment (all programmes, individual settings, etc.) will be retained.

In order to choose the best time, the update can be initiated independently via the Portal Manager.

Due to the total time required of 30-45 minutes (on campus), the update should be started during the lunch break or at the end of the working day, not before a meeting or similar!

ATTENTION: All Office programmes must be closed before installation. It is best to do this directly after a restart. Please save all files being edited beforehand.

Installation

1.

Close all open Office documents and Microsoft Office programmes*.

* Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, OneNote, etc.

2.

Open the Portal Manager in the Windows Start menu.

3.

First switch "Types" to All.

Then click on Install for the I_UniBi_MS-Office 2024 package.

Why is the package not displayed?
- Office 2024 is already installed (appearance of Office 2024).

4.

The installation/migration to Microsoft Office 2024 will now start and will take approx. 30-45 minutes (on campus). No restart is required.

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