To run the tool, execute the Office setup.exe command with the “/admin” modifier/switch. Consumer builds of Office, Office 365, do not include this tool, the “Office Customization Tool.”

These files are created using a tool built in to enterprise releases of Microsoft Office. Enterprises use Office to such an extent that a computer isn’t really useful without Office installed.ĭeploying Office to multiple computers over the network, at the time of imaging, or after, is a made simple with the use of an unattended install file (MSP). Microsoft Office is available for Windows, Mac OS X, iOS, and Android. There are more installs of Office out there than there are installs of Windows (all versions). Kudos to Richard and Ken from Junction City for the pointer to this information.Microsoft Office is probably the flagship product for Microsoft, aside from Windows itself.

You will now see the product key for this installation and compare this with the Product Key card to verify that you will be reinstalling the correct keyed version of Office 2016 on the PC.

Expand I have a disc, and click View your product key.From My Account, select Install from a disc.If you have the Product Key card, you can compare that key to the key on one of these installations.

Suppose one of these PCs needed to have Office 2016 re-installed? Which install should we choose? Why do we need to know this, if you already have the Product Key card? If you activated more than one installation on the same day, you will not easily be able to distinguish which installation pertains to the specific Product Key.įor example, when logged in to we can see that this user activated the software on 2 PCs on the same day. This works with the online installations (Click and Run) for Office 20. Note: This article does not apply to Office 365 Professional Plus or Office 365 for Business installations, as the activation is tied to the Microsoft Account.

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