Microsoft Office 2019 Volume License

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If you are wondering how to download and install Microsoft Office 2019 Professional Plus through the Volume License Service Center, then this video will show. Office 2019 Volume License - Installation with administrator userID Best Practice Archived Forums Office 2016, Office 2019, and Office 365 ProPlus - Planning, Deployment, and Compatibility. Due to a planned power outage, our services will be reduced today (June 15) starting at 8:30am PDT until the work is complete. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Applies to:Volume licensed versions of Office 2019 and Office 2016, including Project and Visio

Activation is the process of validating software with the manufacturer after it has been installed on a specific computer. Activation confirms that the product is genuine—not a fraudulent copy—and that the product key or serial number is valid and has not been compromised or revoked. Activation also establishes a link or relationship between the product key and the particular installation.

Note

If you're a user trying to activate a personal copy of Office, see Activate Office instead of reading this article.

Volume activation is the process that Microsoft volume licensing customers use to automate and manage the activation of Windows operating systems, Microsoft Office, and other Microsoft products across large organizations.

There are three different methods that you can activate volume licensed versions of Office, including Project and Visio:

  • Key Management Service (KMS): Office is activated by contacting a KMS host computer on your network.

  • Multiple Activation Key (MAK): Office is activated online by Microsoft-hosted activation servers or by telephone.

  • Active Directory-based: Office on a domain-joined computer is activated through Active Directory.

Which activation method you choose depends on the size, network infrastructure, connectivity, and security requirements of your environment. You can choose to use different activation methods for different versions of Office and for different computers, for example desktops and laptops. Because these three activation methods are also used to activate volume licensed versions of Windows, you might be able to use the same method to activate both Windows and Office. For more information, see Volume Activation for Windows 10 and Volume Activation Overview.

All volume licensed versions of Office, including Project and Visio, have a preinstalled product key, called a Generic Volume License Key (GVLK), that can be used for KMS and Active Directory-based activation. You don't have to enter a product key for each Office installation if you're activating Office by using KMS or Active Directory. If you're activating Office by using MAK, you must enter a product key for each Office installation, but there are ways to automate that.

Key Management Service (KMS) activation of Office

KMS activation is a client-server model in which each client requests activation from a KMS host computer. The keys needed to activate Office are installed on the KMS host computer. The client uses DNS to locate a KMS host computer to request activation.

For more information, see the following:

Multiple Activation Key (MAK) activation of Office

MAK activation is used for one-time activation through Microsoft-hosted activation services, either via the internet or by telephone. MAK activation requires that a MAK is installed on a client computer and instructs that computer to activate itself against those services.

Each MAK has a predetermined number of allowed activations and is based on your volume licensing agreement. Each Office activation that uses MAK counts toward the activation limit. After Office is activated, no re-activation is required unless the hardware changes significantly.

For more information, see Activate volume licensed versions of Office by using MAK.

Active Directory-based activation of Office

Active Directory-based activation can activate Office installed on domain-joined computers. The product key information, which is the same that is used by KMS, is stored in Active Directory and replicated throughout the forest. If Office can't contact Active Directory for activation, Office tries to activate by using KMS.

For more information, see Activate volume licensed versions of Office by using Active Directory.

Microsoft office 2019 volume license setup

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After a series of preview versions, Microsoft finally came out with an official version of Office 2019. It is the stable one, this means you can download and use it right now without worrying about fatal errors which you have gotten in beta versions before. However, I regret to inform that according to the disclosures, Microsoft Office 2019 only works on Windows 10. So if you are using Windows 8.1 or older versions, you will not be able to install it. Honestly, I hate what Microsoft have done to force users to use Windows 10. And I think Office 2016 is still a good choice for casual users at the moment.

How to download Office 2019 from Microsoft homepage

If you have an Office 365 subscription, your Office will be upgraded to the latest version automatically without doing anything. However, if you are using Office 2016 or earlier versions, to make sure that Office 2019 will work normally, please uninstall your old version of Office completely before starting a new installation. to get official download link from Microsoft homepage and select the version you want.

Installing Office 2019 without a product key

After the download process is complete, you will get an image file. Just open it then run the setup file to install Office 2019 on your PC.

Open Office 2019 setup file

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This may take a while, please wait.

Office 2019 installation progress

Upon successful installation, you can open any Office program to verify some basic information.

Just skip the “enter product key” window by clicking close button at the top right corner.

Bypass “Enter your product key” modal

Accept Microsoft license agreement

And as you can see, I am using Office Professional Plus 2019 and the trial license will expire in 7 days.

7-day trial license of Office 2019

Important features are disabled

Microsoft Office 2019 Volume License Serializer

Activating Office 2019 using KMS license key

Method 1: Running commands one by one manually

Time needed: 1 minute.

Manually activate your Office with legal KMS product key.

  1. Open command prompt in administrator mode. First, you need to open command prompt with admin rights, then follow the instruction below step by step. Just copy/paste the commands and do not forget to hit Enter in order to execute them.

  2. Open location of the Office installed on your PC

If you install your Office in the ProgramFiles folder, the path will be “%ProgramFiles%Microsoft OfficeOffice16” or “%ProgramFiles(x86)%Microsoft OfficeOffice16”. It depends on the architecture of the Windows OS you are using. If you are not sure of this issue, don’t worry, just run both of the commands above. One of them will be not executed and an error message will be printed on the screen.

  1. Convert your retail license to volume one

If your Office is got from Microsoft, this step is required. On the contrary, if you install Office from a Volume ISO file, this is optional so just skip it if you want.

  1. Activate your Office using KMS client key Make sure your PC is connected to the internet, then run the following command.

Here is all the text you will get in the command prompt window.

Right now the Office is activated successfully.

Office 2019 product activated

Method 2: Using batch scripts

This one is not recommend anymore due to the new update of Microsoft.

Step 1: Copy the following code into a new text document.

Create a new text file

Step 2: Save the text file as a batch file with .cmd extension. (Eg. office2019.cmd).

Save the document file

Microsoft Office 2019 Volume License Pack Offline

Set name of batch script

Step 3: Run this batch file with admin rights.

Run the script with administrator rights

Microsoft Office 2019 Volume License Setup

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Step 4: Check activation status again.

Your Office is activated successfully

Done! You Office has been activated successfully.

Note: If your PC can not connect to any KMS servers, please try running the batch file again.

Source: msguides

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