ConfigMgr – Create Office 365 Package through Console

Today I would like to show you, how you can easily create and deploy an Office 365 Application within Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Console.
Within the ConfigMgr Console navigate to the “Office 365 Client Management” Dashboard, and click on “Office 365 Installer”:
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Windows 10 – Deploy Profile Picture to Logon Screen

In my current deployment I wanted to get our fancy pictures from Active Directory to our Windows 10 Machines where it can be used for the logon screen and other places like start menu:
Windows 10 Logon Screen User Picture

First, I want to let you know, how I add the Picture to my user accounts. Well this is quite simple, I just use those two lines of Powershell:
$userphoto = [byte[]](Get-Content "C:\temp\MYUserPic.jpg" -Encoding byte)
Set-ADUser -Identity MYUserPic -Replace @{thumbnailPhoto=$userphoto}

If this is done, and you have also Azure AD Connect in Place, your picture will be synced to Azure AD as well, and therefore the picture will show up in Office365. Mind that there are different recommendations for specific systems (Exchange, Office365, Skype for Business), but you can also use high-resolution images. See also this Microsoft Knowledgebase article for issues with pictures larger than 100kb: Technet Article Exchange Online Hybrid Image size
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Office365 – Manage Updates through Configuration Manager

Today I had the problem that some clients were failing to install the Client 365 Package from our System Center Configuration Manager (1602). I have set up the configuration for the Office 365 installation through GPO, this process is outlined on the following TechNet Article: Manage Office 365 client updates with System Center Configuration Manager
But the client did not even start to download the update:
Office 365 Update fails
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