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Microsoft Office 2016 installation, MSDN?
Hello,
I purchased a "Microsoft Office Professional 2016 BRAND NEW Genuine w/USB 2PC Install" that came in a sealed Microsoft envelope with a Microsoft USB thumb drive and MS Office 2016 activation Key for 2 pcs.
Each activation key in this MS Office 2016 product is separate and unique activation key for each MS Office 2016 installation. The activation key can be used to install MS Office 2016 onto a total of two PCs.
It installed and activated without any problems onto my Windows 10 PC.
However when I ran a VBS script - Office 2016 Client Software License Management Tool that shows
* LICENSE NAME: Office 16, Office16ProPlusMSDNR_Retail edition
PRODUCT ID: 00197-74981-07025-AA830
SKU ID: 44984381-406e-4a35-b1c3-e54f499556e2
LICENSE NAME: Office 15, OfficeInfoPathR_Retail edition
LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 15, RETAIL channel
LICENSE STATUS: ---LICENSED---
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PRODUCT ID: 00351-35019-05195-AA711
SKU ID: 84832881-46ef-4124-8abc-eb493cdcf78e
LICENSE NAME: Office 16, Office16ProPlusMSDNR_Retail edition
LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 16, RETAIL channel
LICENSE STATUS: ---LICENSED---
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PRODUCT ID: 00217-40000-00000-AA966
SKU ID: ba3e3833-6a7e-445a-89d0-7802a9a68588
LICENSE NAME: Office 15, OfficeSPDFreeR_PrepidBypass edition
LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 15, RETAIL(Free) channel
LICENSE STATUS: ---LICENSED---
ERROR CODE: 0x4004FC05 (for information purposes only as the status is licensed)
ERROR DESCRIPTION: The Software Licensing Service reported that the application has a perpetual grace period.
What is this installed version of MS Office 2016? A MSDN subscription version that only legal to install under a MSDN prescription?
I contacted Microsoft support via chat providing them with the MS Office activation key and results from the vbs script and also gave them permission to investigate my Windows 10 PC MS Office 2016 installation remotely. MS support told me that they couldn't find anything wrong with the installation even after I told them I wasn't part of any MSDN subscription.
However I think their online support is for only MS Office consumer versions and they just don't have any information about MSDN, Volume licensing, commercial business packages, etc.
Anyway I'm wondering if this is legal to install on my home PC and that it requires some sort of MSDN subcription?
I think it's odd as Microsoft doesn't have any installers and validation processes that discerns between different MS Office validation key types.
The included Office 2016 Client Software License Management Tool (vbs script) does display license information for installed product keys as well as other information.
I mostly upgraded MS Office to use Outlook under Windows 10, which I've been using since it first came out. I have Outlook 97 and 2002 and was previously running Window Mail under Vista before upgrading to a Windows 10 PC.
Since I've been using Outlook and Windows Mail for so many years I don't really want to switch to another mail client.
I found this 2pc version of Office for less than a new Office 2016 home and student version. However if it's an only MSDN prescription version I'm thinking of returning it and finding perhaps a earlier version of MS office so I can install and use the Outlook mail client under Windows 10.
Last edited by albert1; 13 Aug 2018 at 17:01.