In Office 2016, Bitly links work like normal hyperlinks. If the link is blocked by your organization’s security, whitelist bit.ly or use a custom branded domain.
Need to deploy Office 2016 across 100+ machines? Combine this Bitly/.txt approach with the Microsoft Office Deployment Tool and a configuration XML file. But that’s a guide for another day. Bitly Microsoft Office 2016.txt
Why would someone search for this? Typically, because an IT technician or a guide has shared a Bitly link ending in .txt (e.g., bit.ly/office2016-config.txt ), and the user needs to retrieve that file. In Office 2016, Bitly links work like normal hyperlinks
Before clicking any Bitly link for Office 2016, use the Bitly preview feature – add a + to the end of the short link (e.g., https://bit.ly/office2016-txt+ ) to see the full destination URL without opening it. Combine this Bitly/
Imagine you have a file stored on a corporate network share or a cloud drive (Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive). The full path might look like: