Cannot activate Office 2016 on a Microsoft Surface Pro X

Jeff Rose 1 Reputation point
2020-06-20T13:53:30.953+00:00

I installed the 32 bit version of Microsoft Office 2016 surface pro X but when I went to activate the product I could not activate it.
Any suggestions?

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  1. Dave Patrick 426K Reputation points MVP
    2020-06-20T13:54:26.23+00:00

    Office is not currently supported here on QnA. They're actively answering question in dedicated forums here.

    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_install

    https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home?category=officeitpro

    https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/office-365/ct-p/Office365

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  2. Leon Laude 85,641 Reputation points
    2020-06-20T13:57:06.74+00:00

    Hi,

    Something here might help:

    Activate Office
    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/activate-office-5bd38f38-db92-448b-a982-ad170b1e187e

    You might also want to reach out to the experts in the dedicated "Office 2016 activation" forum below:
    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_install-mso_win10-mso_2016

    Best regards,
    Leon

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