

Activation through the domain – ADBA (Active Directory-Based Activation), requires the domain functional level at least Windows Server 2012.Activation on a dedicated KMS host (server).Two types of enterprise volume activation are supported: KMS server for Office LTSC 2021 (the latest perpetual release of Office with EOL October 13, 2026) – you can only deploy it on Windows 10/11 or Windows Server 2016/2019/2022.KMS server for Office 2019 – requires OS version not lower than Windows Server 2012 or Windows 8.1.KMS server for Office 2016 – requires OS not older than Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7 SP 1 with the KB2757817 installed (yes, you can deploy a KMS server even on a desktop Windows edition).System Requirements for the MS Office 2021/2019/2016 KMS ServerĪ KMS server for Office can run on the following Windows OS versions: KMS Activation Error “vmw.exe has stopped working” on Windows Server 2019/2016.GVLK Keys for Microsoft Office 2021/2019/2016.Manually Activate MS Office 2021/2019/2016 with KMS License Server.Office 2021/2019/2016 Active Directory-Based Activation (ADBA).Installing Office 2021/2019/2016 Volume Licenses on KMS Server.System Requirements for the MS Office 2021/2019/2016 KMS Server.I’ve run ‘ nslookup -type=srv _vlmcs._tcp’ on the client and it can see the KMS host that is supposed to be servicing ‘Office 2016’ activations. The count on the KMS host hasn’t increased by one either.

To view the activation event history run: cscript OSPP.VBS /dhistorykms NOTICE: A KB article has been detected for activation failure: 0xC004F074 FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT: Please see the Application Event Log for additional information. No Key Management Service (KMS) could be contacted. Installed product key detected - attempting to activate the following product: SKU ID: d450596f-894d-49e0-966a-fd39ed4c4c64 LICENSE NAME: Office 16, Office16ProPlusVL_KMS_Client edition LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 16, VOLUME_KMSCLIENT channel Last 5 characters of installed product key: WFG99 ERROR CODE: 0xC004F074 ERROR DESCRIPTION: The Software Licensing Service reported that the product could not be activated. However, the KMS activation is failing on the client with the following error. I’ve tried testing the KMS host by converting an ‘Office 2016’ installation on a client from MAK to KMS activation following the article below. Both installed and activated successfully with their respective CSVLK keys on the KMS I’ve installed the ‘ Office 2010 KMS Host License Pack’ (V.5000) and the ‘ Office 2016 Volume License Pack’ (V.1002). I’ve recently set up a ‘Windows 2012 Standard R2’ server as a KMS host.
