In this brief article I will go through the steps to activate your Office 2016 KMS key.
Nov 21, 2019 Office 2016 KMS and Windows KMS service can run on the same server or a workstation with the Volume Activation Services role installed. First step: find and copy your MS Office 2016 or Office 2019 KMS host key in the personal zone on Microsoft Volume Licensing Service Center (VLSC) website. Install Office Volume License Pack. After the updates are installed the Volume activation tools will open and you will need to enter your Office 2016 KMS key and activate it using this tool. It will not screw up your Windows 10 or Server 2012 R2 KMS Keys, and even leaves your Office 2013 keys in place if you have them. Its latest version supports Windows 10 and Office 2016 to activate it for free forever. Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 are also the supported version of Windows while activator activates Office 2007, Office 2010, Office 2013, and Office 2016 and even now it supports Office 365 as well.
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My set-up is as follows:
- Server 2012 R2 KMS server (I believe you require Server 2008 R2 onwards for this to work but I may be wrong)
- Office Professional Plus KMS Key from Microsoft VLSC
Thankfully it’s pretty straight forward so here goes…
- First you want to download the Office 2016 volume license pack – copy it to your server
- Now on your server, open the .exe as administrator (at the time of this writing the .exe is named office2016volumelicensepack_4285-1000_en-us_x86.exe)
- After the installation the Volume Activation Tools window should open. If it doesn’t then open it manually (Administrative Tools –> Volume Activation Tools)
- The steps in the volume activation tool may differ for you but for me I did the following:
Key Management Service (KMS) –> Install your KMS host key –> Commit
Remember, the KMS host key is the one you will find in your volume licensing center. The Office 2016 installation (if you downloaded it from the VLSC) will come pre-installed with the KMS key and will, by default, search for your KMS server in DNS.
To confirm that the key is installed, run the following command:
you should see something like this:
2 | Description:Office16,VOLUME_KMS channel |
Also don’t forget that you will need a minimum of 5 activation attempts (from different machines) before Office 2016 clients will even register as activated. If you have less than 5 then they will remain in grace period before expiring and prompting users for activation.
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