Activate office

Glenn Maxwell 11,316 Reputation points
2024-04-05T22:25:38.0966667+00:00

Hi All

i have Volume Activation Management tool installed(KMS) on a Windows Server. When i check under Licensed. I can see

Product Names: Office 19, Office 19KMSHost2019, Office 16KMSHost

Product Key: CSVLK

License: Licensed

I have downloaded office2016 on a windows server and how do i activate the office, please guide me.

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  1. Jiajing Hua-MFST 9,915 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2024-04-08T05:57:18.76+00:00

    Hi @Glenn Maxwell

    "slmgr.vbs /dlv" is used to view information of your Office on KMS host.

    Please ensure that the KMS client can contact the KMS host, the number of clients applying for activation is greater than 5.

    You may run cscript ospp.vbs /dstatus to check the activation of Office on KMS client.

    To activate Office KMS client, you can try following commands to specify the KMS host.

    cscript ospp.vbs /sethst:<a KMS host name> cscript ospp.vbs /act

    For more, the reference is: Tools to manage volume activation of Office

    Any further issues, welcome to post back.


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  1. S.Sengupta 18,671 Reputation points MVP
    2024-04-06T01:24:20.3166667+00:00

    Kindly go through the following Microsoft reference article:

    Configure a KMS host computer to activate volume licensed versions of Office

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  2. Glenn Maxwell 11,316 Reputation points
    2024-04-06T05:29:32.1+00:00

    on the windows server on which i have installed Office2016, if i execute the below syntax will it work. will it get connected to KMS server and get activated?

    cscript slmgr.vbs /dlv 98EBFE73-2084-4C97-932C-C0CD1643BEA7

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