Installation media for WORD LTSC 2021

Question

Hi

I am currently trying to install Word LTSC 2021, using a SPLA key. It seems the "Office Customization Tool" located at https://config.office.com/deploymentsettings will only create xml files for installation of any full office suite, and then let me deselect the product I don't need.

This would be fine, and I can get the installation to install only Word - but the issue is that my product key for WORD LTSC 2021 is not getting recognized as a valid key. I COULD of course activate using a key for a full office suite, but that is 3 times the cost, and the installation will be used by a backend server for some ERP printing application, so the licensing will be multipled with the active number of users in the ERP system, and that will add up fast ...

So - is there another installation media for installing word with a word license (the word edition sold under part number 059-06305 from licensing vendors) - or is there a special ProductID needed for the XML that is not documented anywhere?

Hans-Olav

Answer 1

Hi @Hans-Olav Kalleberg

Thanks for your kind sharing.

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Requirement:

Installation for WORD LTSC 2021 via ODT and configuration file (.xml)

Current Status:

Solved via Hans-Olav Kalleberg

The product ID for Word LTSC 2021 in .xml file is Word2021Volume.

The reference is article 'List of Product IDs which are supported by the Office Deployment Tool for Click-to-Run'.

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Answer 2

Sorry - I gave in a bit early here. Figured it out now.

I still used the config generator, but replaced the product ID with the relevant one for Word-only.

For anyone else having the same issue, the correct product ID here was "Word2021Volume".

See this page for valid IDs:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/troubleshoot/installation/product-ids-supported-office-deployment-click-to-run

I ended up with an XML like this:

<Configuration ID="ididididididid">
  <Info Description="Customer Word for product servers" />
  <Add OfficeClientEdition="64" Channel="PerpetualVL2021">
    <Product ID="Word2021Volume" PIDKEY="AAAAA-BBBBB-CCCCC-DDDDD-EEEEE">
      <Language ID="en-us" />
    </Product>
  </Add>
  <Property Name="SharedComputerLicensing" Value="0" />
  <Property Name="FORCEAPPSHUTDOWN" Value="TRUE" />
  <Property Name="DeviceBasedLicensing" Value="0" />
  <Property Name="SCLCacheOverride" Value="0" />
  <Property Name="AUTOACTIVATE" Value="1" />
  <Updates Enabled="TRUE" />
  <RemoveMSI />
  <AppSettings>
    <Setup Name="Company" Value="Customer Name" />
    <User Key="software\microsoft\office\16.0\excel\options" Name="defaultformat" Value="51" Type="REG_DWORD" App="excel16" Id="L_SaveExcelfilesas" />
    <User Key="software\microsoft\office\16.0\powerpoint\options" Name="defaultformat" Value="27" Type="REG_DWORD" App="ppt16" Id="L_SavePowerPointfilesas" />
    <User Key="software\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options" Name="defaultformat" Value="" Type="REG_SZ" App="word16" Id="L_SaveWordfilesas" />
  </AppSettings>
  <Display Level="None" AcceptEULA="TRUE" />
</Configuration>