Additional Information
Easily analyze Microsoft Office software for common configurations
| Latest Version | Microsoft Office Configuration Analyzer Tool (OffCAT) 2.2.6018.0801 |
| Requirements |
Windows Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8/Windows 10 |
| Updated | June 25, 2023 |
| Author | Microsoft Corporation |
| Category | Office and Business Tools |
| License | Freeware |
| Language | English |
| Download | 57 |
Overview
When Microsoft Office has misconfigurations, you can search for them with the Microsoft Office Configuration Analyzer Tool (OffCAT).
The program has a simple interface that anyone can figure out how to use. It doesn’t matter if you’re a novice or expert in the IT industry. Information is displayed in the main window, along with a navigational panel for easily accessing the options that are available.
The Outlook scanning functionality of OffCAT is available in the Microsoft Support and Recovery Assistant for Office 365 (SaRA) tool. SaRA offers several improvements, including the ability to identify and fix specific issues in Outlook, Office Setup, OneDrive for Business, and several other Office programs. You can use the SaRA tool is used to scan for issues in Outlook.
There is plenty of comprehensive help content available if you need it. You can not only view guides offline and online, but you can look at video tutorials as well.
To begin the scanning process, you must choose which Office program that you want to scan. Then you’ll type in a label for it and choose the “Start Scanning” option. As the scanning is going on, you’ll be able to see the estimated time left for it and all the details related to the scanning, including the total number of tasks left.
A scan report can be viewed which provides suggestions on how to fix the issues that were detected. You can organize the reports according to their issue, severity, or class. The reports can be displayed in a tree or list format. If you want to save the reports, you can save them as CSV, HTM, HTML, or XML files.
Overall, Microsoft Office Configuration Analyzer Tool (OffCAT) doesn’t consume too many of your computer’s resources, so you won’t notice its performance deteriorate much. It has a decent response time with no registered errors, bugs, or crashes noticed while it was tested.
Note: Requires .NET Framework. The app was removed from the Microsoft Download Center on June 11, 2018.
The program has a simple interface that anyone can figure out how to use. It doesn’t matter if you’re a novice or expert in the IT industry. Information is displayed in the main window, along with a navigational panel for easily accessing the options that are available.
The Outlook scanning functionality of OffCAT is available in the Microsoft Support and Recovery Assistant for Office 365 (SaRA) tool. SaRA offers several improvements, including the ability to identify and fix specific issues in Outlook, Office Setup, OneDrive for Business, and several other Office programs. You can use the SaRA tool is used to scan for issues in Outlook.
There is plenty of comprehensive help content available if you need it. You can not only view guides offline and online, but you can look at video tutorials as well.
To begin the scanning process, you must choose which Office program that you want to scan. Then you’ll type in a label for it and choose the “Start Scanning” option. As the scanning is going on, you’ll be able to see the estimated time left for it and all the details related to the scanning, including the total number of tasks left.
A scan report can be viewed which provides suggestions on how to fix the issues that were detected. You can organize the reports according to their issue, severity, or class. The reports can be displayed in a tree or list format. If you want to save the reports, you can save them as CSV, HTM, HTML, or XML files.
Overall, Microsoft Office Configuration Analyzer Tool (OffCAT) doesn’t consume too many of your computer’s resources, so you won’t notice its performance deteriorate much. It has a decent response time with no registered errors, bugs, or crashes noticed while it was tested.
Note: Requires .NET Framework. The app was removed from the Microsoft Download Center on June 11, 2018.
