How to deploy and activate Microsoft Office 2019 Standard with VLSC key

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How to deploy and activate Microsoft Office 2019 Standard with VLSC key

Cloud_Geek_82 901

Hi guys,

I have a VLSC key for Office 2019 Standard.
I deployed Office 2019 Standard with ODT.
XML configuration as below.

However, after deployment I can only activate with signing in to work, school or personal account.

Is something wrong with my configuration file?

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Emily Hua-MSFT 27,796

@Cloud_Geek_82

Have other Microsoft Office products been installed on this machine before?

Currently, I suggest you run the commands to check the Office activation information first.

Search "CMD", right-click the Command Prompt and run as administrator. Then copy and paste the command below in it, click Enter at last:
cscript.exe "%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office16\ospp.vbs" /dstatus
(If you are running 32-bit Office on a 64-bit operating system)
cscript.exe "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office16\ospp.vbs" /dstatus

Then please take a screenshot and post here. I would check whether there is any other Office products affect your volume licensed Office 2019.

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Cloud_Geek_82 901 Reputation points

2021-11-02T22:13:51.987+00:00

hi @Emily Hua-MSFT ,

Juts want to correct myself.
I have a MAK key.
this is a clean server without any previous Office installations.
The output of the command is below.

C:\IT\ODT>cscript.exe "%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office16\ospp.vbs" /dstatus
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
---Processing--------------------------
PRODUCT ID: 00415-22509-42148-AA153
SKU ID: beb5065c-1872-409e-94e2-403bcfb6a878
LICENSE NAME: Office 19, Office19Standard2019VL_MAK_AE edition
LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 19, RETAIL(MAK) channel
BETA EXPIRATION: 1/01/1601
LICENSE STATUS: ---OOB_GRACE---
ERROR CODE: 0x4004F00C
ERROR DESCRIPTION: The Software Licensing Service reported that the application is running within the valid grace period.
REMAINING GRACE: 29 days (43187 minute(s) before expiring)
Last 5 characters of installed product key: TMWKY
---Exiting-----------------------------
Emily Hua-MSFT 27,796 Reputation points

2021-11-03T06:31:35.267+00:00

@Cloud_Geek_82
Thanks for your quick reply.
Please check whether "TMWKY" is the last 5 characters of your MAK key.

Besides, I would suggest you disable sharedcomputer activation to have a check, as SharedComputerLicensing property is uesd for Microsoft 365 Apps, which is licensed on a “per user” basis, but Office 2019 is licensed on a “per device” basis.
It's recommended to go to Registry Editor, then locate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\ClickToRun\Configuration, find the String value (Reg_SZ) of SharedComputerLicensing, set 0 to disable sharedcomputer activation.

For more about sharedcomputer activation, you could refer to "How to enable shared computer activation for Microsoft 365 Apps".
Emily Hua-MSFT 27,796 Reputation points

2021-11-05T06:19:00.893+00:00

Hi @Cloud_Geek_82

I am checking this thread, if you have a chance to be back, please check whether my information is helpful.

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Cloud_Geek_82 901

hi @Emily Hua-MSFT ,

Setting SharedComputerLicensing to 0 in configration XML file seems helped.
Thanks for your help.

Emily Hua-MSFT 27,796 Reputation points

2021-11-18T09:39:51.867+00:00

Hi @Cloud_Geek_82

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