
You ha e to remove whatever license is there before you can apply a new one. To fix, once you get the serializer, deploy the license removal tool first and then run the serializer afterwards. If someone signed in then the serializer was not set correctly and they used a personal license to sign in.

In Jamf we use a policy and set the priority of the sterilizer lower than the Office apps. When office is deployed you have to deploy the applications themselves either as one file or separately and then the sterilizer is deployed after that. It is the license and is generated for your account when you purchase an enterprise version. We’re migrating over to O365 and have been through this.Īs was mentioned, the sterilizer should never be published on a forum. For that you have to use the license removal tool first. Enjoy new Office 2016 Videoinstruction of activation: Have a great alternative to this activator. Start KMSAuto Net.exe file as an administrator. If the license was set with a non-O365 license in office it will not accept the O365 one. Extract all files ( Password for the archive windows ). I've used finder and included search for system files and it does not exist as far as I can tell.You’ll have to get the serializer from Microsoft if there is a legitimate license then it shouldn’t be a problem.Īs for using O365 accounts to login. It is suggested that the license files should be located at "/Library/Preferences/2.plist". Then it simply spins at the login screen forever and doesn't go anywhere. Because office insist I log on and then tells me there is no license. This new installer is available along with the latest Office 2016 volume license installer and is named MicrosoftOffice2016VLSerializer.

I've found some dodgy tool called FWMSO2016VL that seemingly correctly identifies what office packages I have and when they are activated or not. Microsoft recently released a new software installer to help make the task of deploying updated copies of Office 2016 for Mac admins a lot easier. I even found a license remover published by Microsoft that I have run and then re-installed the serializer. I have scoured through my Library to remove any trace of office and re-installed. However, to enable Office 2016 to be correctly licensed in the multitude of deployment scenarios that we mac admins employ, pbowden & his team have created the MicrosoftOffice2016VLSerializer.pkg Running this will correctly serialise the Office 2016 suite, & should be run from the Mac that’s running the suite. I have run the serializer v2 several times. I have completely uninstalled and re-installed office.

Then it turns into a glorified viewer and I can't edit any documents. I feel like I have tried every package in this thread now, but every time I try to start office, it asks me to log on to the account with which I purchased office and then it tells me that there are no licenses associated with that account.
