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© Lenovo. Windows OS Hub / MS Office / How to Check Office 2019, 2016 and 365 License Activation Status? In this article, we’ll show several ways to check the license type and activation status of Microsoft Office 2022/2019/2016 and Office 365 copies on Windows computers. We’ll discuss how to use simple check in the graphical interface of Office apps and how to query remote computers using PowerShell Checking the License Type and Activation Status of Office 2019/2016 or Office 365After installing and activating Office 2022/2019/2016 or Office 365 (Microsoft 365) on your computer, you can make sure that your copy of Office
is activated correctly in any application (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) in the To activate MS Office, you need to enter the product key or sign in with a Microsoft account (if the license is linked to an online account). In the corporate network, it is possible to activate MS Office on the on-premise KMS server (for more details, see the article “KMS activation of Office 2019/2016”. You can get more detailed information about the type and status of MS Office activation using the ospp.vbs command-line tool (this is a VBS script that is installed on your computer along with MS Office). First of all, you need to know the bitness of your Office (32- or 64-bit). To do it, start any Office program (Word, Excel, Outlook) and select File -> Account -> About. The next window will show the bitness of your edition of Office (In our example, this is 64-bit). Now you need to run an elevated command prompt and go to the directory, which path depends on the bitness and versions of your Windows and Office:
Check Office activation status with the following command:
Take a close look at the output returned by the ospp.vbs command. According to the information the tool provides, this Office 2016 copy is activated (LICENSE STATUS: —LICENSED—) on the KMS server (KMS machine name) using the GVLK for Office 2016 Pro Plus (Last 5 characters of installed product key). The license will be valid for 176 days (REMAINING GRACE). If the KMS server is available, the license is automatically renewed for 180 days every 7 days (KMS Activation FAQ). PRODUCT ID: 00339-10000-00000-AA224 SKU ID: d450596f-894d-49e0-966a-fd39ed4c4c64 LICENSE NAME: Office 16, Office16ProPlusVL_KMS_Client edition LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 16, VOLUME_KMSCLIENT channel BETA EXPIRATION: 01.01.1601 LICENSE STATUS: ---LICENSED--- REMAINING GRACE: 176 days (253510 minute(s) before expiring) Last 5 characters of installed product key: WFG99 Activation Type Configuration: ALL KMS machine name from DNS: woshub.com:1688 KMS machine registry override defined: woshub.com:1688 Activation Interval: 120 minutes Renewal Interval: 10080 minutes KMS host caching: Enabled The results may contain: LICENSE NAME: Office 16, Office16O365ProPlusR_Grace edition LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 16, RETAIL (Grace) channel LICENSE STATUS: ---OOB_GRACE--- ERROR CODE: 0x4004F00C ERROR DESCRIPTION: The Software Licensing Service reported that the application is running within the valid grace period. This means that the copy of Office 365 on your computer is activated in evaluation mode (trial mode). The license type is specified in the LICENSE NAME string. In this example, this is Note. There may be some other data in the LICENSE NAME string instead of KMS_Client edition. For example:
If the command returns Check Office Activation Status via PowerShellYou can list the Office licenses installed on a computer using the following PowerShell command:
In this example, the command returned that there are two Office licenses installed on the computer, one of which is activated (LicenseStatus = 1). For convenience, you can convert the activation status code into something more readable.
If your Office 365 subscription is managed from the Microsoft cloud, you can get the licenses assigned to a user in Microsoft 365 by using the Get-AzureADUser cmdlet from the Azure AD PowerShell module:
You can get the activation status of MS Office from a remote computer:
In an Active Directory domain, you can get the activation status of Office on remote computers using a simple PowerShell script. You can create a list of active computers in a specific OU by using the Get-ADComputer cmdlet from the PowerShell Active Directory module. Then you can query the activation status of Microsoft Office licenses for each of them. The remote computers must have WinRM enabled and configured. We check the availability of remote computers using a simple ping by the Test-NetConnection cmdlet.
The results can be exported to the This PowerShell script will allow you to get the activation status of Office on all computers on your network. Removing Office 365/2016 Activation Popup: Let’s Get StartedIn some cases, even on a fully activated version of Office 2016/2019/365, you can see the following popup when trying to start any
Office app: Let’s get started
You can close this window, and that doesn’t limit any Office features, but it appears every time when you start any Office app, which is terribly annoying. I could find out how to remove this activation popup window. As it turned out the problem is related to the preinstalled Office 365 that had been uninstalled to install Office 2016 instead. I tried to use the removal tools offered on the Microsoft website to remove this window, but they didn’t help. The only working method is to remove the registry keys (depending on the bitness of the system):
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PowerShell: Just close all Office applications and start them again. The Office activation notification will disappear. How can I tell if Office 19 is activated?To do so, open Word, Excel or any other Office application, click File menu, click Account, and then click About Word to check if your Office 2016, Office 2019 or Office 365 install is 32-bit or 64-bit. Step 2: Open Command Prompt by typing CMD in the Start menu or taskbar search box and then pressing Enter key.
How do I know if my Mac Office is activated?In the top menu bar select Finder > Applications and scroll down to the Microsoft Office apps. Open any Office app, like Microsoft Word and in the What's New box that opens, select Get Started. On the Sign in to activate Office screen, select Sign in.
How do I know if Office 2010 is activated?How to: Check MS Office 2010 Activation status. Step 1: Open a Command Prompt. Open an administrative level command prompt. ... . Step 2: Navigate to MS Office folder. ... . Step 3: Now run your Query with this command. ... . Step 4: Review your findings. ... . Step 5: IF you need to add a valid Product Key....... |