Upgrade your Sign In Application
In mid-May, Microsoft Online Services will require an update to the Sign In application. Here are some details and a timeline to assist you in planning for this change to your environment. There are three ways to manage the installation of this update.
· Allow users to automatically upgrade the Sign In application when prompted
· Manage display of update notifications until you’re ready to upgrade
· Deploy the Sign In application to your users’ computers
Allow users to upgrade the Sign In application when prompted
This is the simplest approach. Installation is under the control of your users.
Manage display of upgrade notifications until you’re ready to upgrade
In mid-April, your users will begin to see optional upgrade notices in the Microsoft Online Services Sign In application. If you do not want your users to see these notices, you can suppress them by editing the registry on each computer. To do this, create a .reg file with the settings below and then run this file on each computer.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MOCHA\Preferences]
"HideDash"=dword:00000001
"ShowUpdateAlerts"=dword:00000000
Re-enable upgrade messages when you’re ready for your users to upgrade the Sign In application. To turn these messages back on, create a .reg file with the settings below.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MOCHA\Preferences]
"HideDash"=dword:00000000
"ShowUpdateAlerts"=dword:00000001
Note: The new version of the Sign In application will provide group policy control of the upgrade prompts. For more information, see Group Policy Settings in the Sign In Application.
Deploy the Sign In application to your users’ computers
This option gives you the most control over your environment.
When users upgrade their Sign In application in response to the upgrade prompt, their settings, including their user name and password are retained. To retain these settings when deploying this application to your users’ computers, you must set the following registry key before installing the application. To do this, create a .reg file with the settings below and then run this file on each computer.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MOCHA\Preferences]
"UpgradeInProgress"=dword:00000001
After setting the registry key, deploy the Sign In application using the command line below.
Msiexec /qb /I OnlineServicesSignIn-en.msi
To prevent your users from seeing the upgrade prompts before you deploy the Sign In application, you can implement the registry changes described in the previous section.
Get more information about .reg files.
Download the new Sign In application.
This post will be deleted after the Sign In application upgrade deadline has passed.
