

But what happens if that process doesn’t work? What do you do next? This article walks you through the resources that you require in order to troubleshoot the issue. It is a simple process to set up the KMS host, after which the KMS clients discover the host and try to activate on their own.

The condition for the End user is that they need to be domain joined to acquire a license from KMS server. To check if KMS is working on the end user’s side we need to get our hands on one of those clients, restart the user’s PC and then launch one of Office apps and see if it’s activated or not. You should not launch Volume License Manager when activating Office products or when trying to enter a KMS License key for Office products, Instead when executing the Office Package it will launch it for you and all you have to do is Enter the Office license key and restart Microsoft Windows Client to get Office activated.


Navigate to Configuration>Services> Microsoft SPP> You should see the Activation Objects there.Īs we mentioned previously to activate office 2016 or Office 2019 you will need to download the Office License pack from the links attached previously. To make sure your installation has went successfully, you can launch ADSI Editor and see if the AD object has been created or not. To view the activation of your KMS Host, You can open CMD on the KMS Server and typeĪs you can see below, it’ll show summary information about the license you entered and other related info. When this works, The next window will give you a warning that Clicking Next will delete the current activation Object which is the AD object that has been previously created.
