To make sure that your users apply updates to Microsoft 365 Apps, you can configure a deadline. Notifications your users see when you set an update deadline for Microsoft 365 Apps If you don't want your users to see these types of notifications, you can use Group Policy to hide the notifications. The Office Updates section turns yellow if updates are ready to be applied. Users also see notifications if they go to File > Account in an Office program. After the updates are applied, the message disappears. The user is then prompted to close all open Office programs. Users can choose Update now to apply the updates. If, after six days, the updates still aren't applied, a message appears in any newly opened Office document, reminding the user that updates are available. If any Office programs are currently being used, they must be closed. If the user clicks the message, Office tries to apply the updates. The message disappears in a few seconds, but the Office icon stays visible in the notification area. If, after four days, the updates still aren't applied, a message appears in the notification area in Windows, telling the user that updates are available.

Notifications your users see when updates can't be applied for several days to Microsoft 365 AppsĪfter updates are downloaded to the computer that is running Microsoft 365 Apps, Office attempts to apply the updates. Therefore, notifications usually appear because the user is working in an Office program, such as Microsoft Outlook, and hasn't closed it in several days. Updates can only be applied when Office programs aren't running. But, you should be aware that there are times when users see notifications that updates are available or need to be applied. In most cases, they won't notice as the updates are installed automatically in the background. You probably don't want users in your organization to notice when security and other updates are applied to Microsoft 365 Apps on their computers.

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