When tracking this release down via the Microsoft Update Catalog or internal deployment script matrices, note its strict version schema: Specification Microsoft Office 2016 / Office 365 Client Updates Release Date Late February / Early March 2018 Version Designation Version 1802 Full Build String 16.0.9029.2167 (often truncated as Build 9029.2167) Update Architecture C2R (Click-to-Run) x86 & x64 editions Channel Monthly Channel (Retail / Targeted Preview) Key Improvements in This Build
: Get the Office Deployment Tool and extract the setup.exe to a folder on your desktop.
When you try to re-download from the official Office portal or run the standard Setup.exe from your Microsoft account, you will get the build of Office 2016 (which may be Version 2408 or later), not the specific 1802 build.
You need two things:
I’m writing this log from a different machine, on a different network. I’ve hidden the inventory spreadsheet in a dead drop on an old FTP server. If you find a file with that build number— do not install it . Not because it’s dangerous.
Call the executable with specific platform version definitions to down-date cleanly:
Obtain the officedeploymenttool.exe from Microsoft. When tracking this release down via the Microsoft
Re-Downloading Microsoft Office 2016 (Version 1802, Build 9029.2167)
<Configuration> <Add OfficeClientEdition="64" Channel="PerpetualVL2016"> <Product ID="ProPlus2016Volume" PIDKEY="YOUR-PRODUCT-KEY-HERE"> <Language ID="en-us" /> </Product> </Add> <Updates Enabled="FALSE" /> </Configuration>
C2R operates in a self-contained virtual environment on the OS, preventing shared DLL resource conflicts. I’ve hidden the inventory spreadsheet in a dead
to choose your preferred language and bit-depth before clicking Run Installer : Once the setup file downloads, open it (e.g., on Windows or the
Support for Office 2016 and Office 2019 ended on October 14, 2025 and there will be no extension and no extended security updates. Microsoft Support
The inventory spreadsheet opened automatically—I hadn’t even loaded it. The cells began recalculating, but not formulas. Values . Each cell turned into a timestamp. All of them read: 2018-06-12 23:59:59 . but not formulas. Values .