Update MS Office to improve security

After recognizing the importance of security updates, patches, and maintenance, Windows has invested enough attention in this regard. However, sometimes Windows applications do not get this comment. However, software packages such as MS Office need to be checked regularly to make sure they are up-to-date, just as they are for the operating system.

Currently, there are at least two ways to check whether the Office is up-to-date.

On the target computer, you can use the instant Update tool Microsoft Office Update or the built-in Windows Update menu item from the Start menu, select Office Update ). Once clicked, the update check program is started and the update link is opened.
Microsoft also provides the Office directory Update Tool Office Inventory Update Tool, which allows you to check the status of Office updates on one or more computers over the network, these computers can access the server ).
If you only need to check a few computers, and it is inconvenient to check each machine, the MS Office Update Tool can solve this problem well. However, if there are many computers that need to be checked and you cannot sit down with them easily, you may feel that the Office Inventory Update Tool is more convenient and useful.

Both tools can do the same thing, but send results in different forms. The MS Office Update Tool provides a good, optional list that you can easily use to Update individual systems. The Office Inventory Update Tool reads a list of the latest and expired patches, patches, and service packages, scans the files in the Office installation directory, and determines which ones are the latest, and which need to be updated.

Interestingly, the Office Inventory Update Tool creates logs and analyzes logs by reading Extensible Markup Language (XML) data, and also writes output files in XML, you can use a web browser to open this file or edit a batch file to promote the update process, because the software contains all the URL Information Required for batch download in the final result output file ). At the same time, this tool can also output CSV or TSV text files that can be input as management console, and generate Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) and software upgrade service SUS) component compatibility files.