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    Joe Gill
    last edited by Jun 23, 2016, 3:53 PM

    We must use KMS. The keys we have we can re-use until the pool fills up. Then you have to release some. I’ll have to ask the other admin. Thanks!

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      george1421 Moderator @Joe Gill
      last edited by Jun 23, 2016, 3:57 PM

      @Joe-Gill The actual keys used doesn’t matter for your task at hand. The systems activate the same way. The MAK vs KMS is part of your internal IT governance process (license management).

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        Joe Gill @george1421
        last edited by Jun 23, 2016, 6:53 PM

        @george1421

        Thanks for the explanation. I come more from a Unix / Linux background where licensing is simpler. 🙂 We use MAK for certain. We do not have KMS set up here.

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          Joe Gill
          last edited by Jun 23, 2016, 7:21 PM

          How about MS Office activation? Is their anyway to automate that?

          @Developers FYI The Trunk ver. of the client works like a charm for Windows Activation! Thanks!!! You guys rock!

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            Wayne Workman @Joe Gill
            last edited by Jun 23, 2016, 7:46 PM

            @Joe-Gill said in Windows / Office Licencing:

            How about MS Office activation? Is their anyway to automate that?

            Powershell snapin that runs activation for you. If you associate a snapin with a host, that snapin will run automatically after every imaging task on said computer.

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              george1421 Moderator @Joe Gill
              last edited by Jun 23, 2016, 8:00 PM

              @Joe-Gill This script will activate office 2010. You will need to adjust the path for office 2016 and for system arch (x64 or x86). You can just create the vbs script and deploy as a snapin or if you are creative you can package with the office 2016 snapin, or use the office setup took and just add the key into the setup configuration and let office do that.

              cscript “c:\program files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatform” ospprearm.exe
              cscript “c:\program files\Microsoft Office\Office14\ospp.vbs” /inpkey:[Office KMS Key]
              cscript “c:\program files\Microsoft Office\Office14\ospp.vbs” /sethst:[IP Address]
              cscript “c:\program files\Microsoft Office\Office14\ospp.vbs” /act

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                Joe Gill @george1421
                last edited by Jun 23, 2016, 8:42 PM

                @george1421

                Thanks!! You have been very helpful!

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                  gnoetzel
                  last edited by Sep 1, 2016, 2:07 PM

                  I have 8 computers that have ‘pre-install’ MS Office 2016. I have separate keys for each machine. However, I used FOG to image 1 computer that was already activated.
                  When I re-image another computer - I was not able to use Office since the Key already used and could not be activated.
                  I tried Repair Office - and it was cumbersome and I don’ think doing the repair would work on the 3rd computer.
                  Does the CSCRIP if put into FOG Snapin - work during the imaging?
                  MS Office 2016 requires activation via internet with a user name/password.

                  I appreciate everyone suggestions or recommendations.

                  thanks

                  Gilbert Noetzel
                  Information Technology Support Specialist (ITSS)
                  City of Reidsville
                  230 West Morehead Street
                  Reidsville, NC 27320
                  Phone: 336-347-2339
                  Email: gnoetzel@ci.reidsville.nc.us

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                    Wayne Workman @gnoetzel
                    last edited by Wayne Workman Sep 1, 2016, 8:11 AM Sep 1, 2016, 2:11 PM

                    @gnoetzel Make a new image with MS Office unactivated, and use that. Others may have better advice, so stay tuned.

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                      Joe Gill
                      last edited by Sep 8, 2016, 1:38 PM

                      @gnoetzel

                      We are using Office 2016.

                      So I went through all of what is listed here before and what I ended up doing was activating said office on pre-image. Then sysprepping. After I pushed the new image, office will prompt you to setup update service and licence on first use. It will licence as normal over the internet.

                      It’s still not the best solution, but… Until 2016 has KMS licence available, this is what I’m doing.

                      Good luck!!

                      Joe

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                        datastream @george1421
                        last edited by Sep 21, 2017, 8:32 PM

                        @george1421 If I run this script as a snapin but change the second line to include a MAK instead of a KMS and then take out the third line, would that work for me?

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                          george1421 Moderator @datastream
                          last edited by Sep 21, 2017, 8:40 PM

                          @datastream Yes it should as long as the target computer has direct access to the internet to activate the MAK key. You can do some things if you have a proxy server between your target computers and the internet to make it work too, but its a bit more complicated.

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                            datastream @george1421
                            last edited by Sep 21, 2017, 8:42 PM

                            @george1421 I have also followed the path in the first line and the path is empty. According to the command shouldn’t ospprearm.exe be in that folder?

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                              george1421 Moderator @datastream
                              last edited by Sep 21, 2017, 8:47 PM

                              @datastream well I can’t say for absolute since we use kms keys and we have it setup to auto activate.

                              I did just find these instructions that doesn’t use rearm.

                              cd c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14
                              cscript ospp.vbs /inpkey:XXXXX-YYYYY....
                              cscript ospp.vbs /act
                              

                              You might want to see if you can manually activate office. You will need to chagne the office path based on the version of office you are trying to activate.

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                                Joe Gill @datastream
                                last edited by Sep 22, 2017, 1:51 AM

                                @datastream
                                We ultimately ended up a virtual server hosting our kms server. We use this for both MS Office and Windows 7. Use Windows Server 2012 or newer, it’s much easier to set up.

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                                  datastream
                                  last edited by Sep 22, 2017, 1:09 PM

                                  I ended up getting it by putting the following in a powershell script:

                                  cscript “c:\program files\Microsoft Office\Office14\ospp.vbs” /inpkey:[License Key]
                                  cscript “c:\program files\Microsoft Office\Office14\ospp.vbs” /act

                                  After it installed and ran this, I just had to log in as admin, open word, click to activate, set up update preferences and I was done.

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                                    george1421 Moderator @datastream
                                    last edited by Sep 22, 2017, 1:19 PM

                                    @datastream said in Windows / Office Licencing:

                                    cscript “c:\program files\Microsoft Office\Office14\ospp.vbs” /act

                                    One would have hoped this command would have activated it for you. There should be no need to manually go in and activate it.

                                    Do your computers have direct access to the internet or do you/they have to go through a proxy server to get there?

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                                      datastream
                                      last edited by datastream Sep 22, 2017, 7:21 AM Sep 22, 2017, 1:20 PM

                                      Direct access. I will still have to go in and set the update preferences as admin.

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                                        george1421 Moderator @datastream
                                        last edited by Sep 22, 2017, 1:28 PM

                                        @datastream Update preferences?? Can you enlighten me?

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                                          datastream @george1421
                                          last edited by Sep 22, 2017, 8:24 PM

                                          @george1421 So I just logged in and opened word. After it opens it has the window that says first things first and you choose how it will install updates. You have to be an admin to set that. After that the window pops that asks “How do you want to activate your software?”

                                          After you click through those it is ready to go. Is there a way to automate that so it is done already? It’s not a big deal. I can login to each machine and click through those, but if it can be done I would set it up.

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