Standard deployment configurations are now available through the Office Customization Tool for Office 365 clients

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Starting October 9, the Office Customization Tool now offers 11 standard deployment configurations. Administrators can now choose to use the standard configuration or build their own custom configuration. The announcement was made through a Tech Community blog post.

Standard deployment configurations for Office deployment now available

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