You should see something like this: Name: Office 16, Office16KMSHostVL_KMS_Host editionĭescription: Office 16, VOLUME_KMS channelĪlso 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. To confirm that the key is installed, run the following command: cscript %windir%/system32/slmgr.vbs /dlv all 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. Remember, the KMS host key is the one you will find in your volume licensing center. Key Management Service (KMS) –> Install your KMS host key –> Commit The steps in the volume activation tool may differ for you but for me I did the following:.If it doesn’t then open it manually (Administrative Tools –> Volume Activation Tools) After the installation the Volume Activation Tools window should open.exe as administrator (at the time of this writing the. First you want to download the Office 2016 volume license pack – copy it to your server.
Thankfully it’s pretty straight forward so here goes…