Cannot Install Beta Office Version

@CmdrKeene 90,631 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2026-02-04T23:28:28.34+00:00

I cannot get the beta version no matter what I try.

First I tried https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-apps/insider/deploy/registry:

reg add HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\office\16.0\common\officeupdate /v updatebranch /t REG_SZ /d BetaChannel

After doing this, checking for updates still says "you have the latest Office updates" but it's still on Current Channel, I want beta.

So then I tried https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-apps/insider/deploy/user-choice:

reg add HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\office\16.0\common\officechannelexposure /v insiderfast /t REG_DWORD /d 1
reg add HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\office\16.0\common\officechannelexposure /v firstreleasecurrent /t REG_DWORD /d 1
reg add HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\office\16.0\common\officechannelexposure /v current /t REG_DWORD /d 1
reg add HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\office\16.0\common\officechannelexposure /v monthlyenterprise /t REG_DWORD /d 1

This also had no good effect. Now Office applications say my Org has set policies, but the option to set my channel is still disabled.

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What am I doing wrong? I just want to try out =Copilot() in Excel. I'm not only the administrator for my local machine, I'm also the admin for my organization. I must be missing something obvious here.

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