24 August 2023
Action Required - Office 365 Automatic Rollout
Update at a glance:
  • Microsoft Office 365 will be rolled out to all ATCO employees from 4.30PM AWST on Monday, 28 August 2023.
  • Important – All Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) will be forced to close during the update. You will not be given an opportunity to postpone the update or save your work before it commences.
  • Please save your work manually before 4:30pm AWST on 28 August 2023.

Good morning,

Having completed the initial period of user-driven download and testing of the new Office 365 upgrade, ATCO is preparing to commence the automatic installation of the upgrade for all remaining users.

Starting 28 August 2023, your Office 2016 installation will be upgraded to Office 365 as soon as you log on to the ATCO network and the SCCM server recognises your machine. You can expect the following to happen:

  • You will receive the following Software Centre notifications and the installation process will start automatically (you do not have to take any action):
  • All Office 2016 applications will be closed and removed and Office 365 installation will start automatically
  • Once completed, you will see the following notification
  • The uninstall and installation process takes about 15 minutes to complete.
As a reminder, if you have questions please see the Quick Reference Guide and FAQ.

If you encounter any issues during this process, please reach out to Alex Rajecki or the Service Desk. We are here to support you every step of the way.

Thank you again for your help making this transition as smooth as possible. We value your input and look forward to making ATCO more productive and efficient with this upgrade.
 
Regards,
 
Garry Martin
Manager IT Services, Technology and Cloud Services (Acting)
For internal distribution only