Note

For every body who using Win10/11 with new Office that you need to know:

to active Office without crack, just follow https://github.com/WindowsAddict/IDM-Activation-Script,

you wiil only need to run

irm https://massgrave.dev/ias | iex

in PowerShell

Step By Step:

• Right-click on the Windows start menu and select PowerShell or Terminal (Not CMD).
• Copy-paste the below code and press enter
• irm https://massgrave.dev/ias | iex
• You will see the activation options, follow the on-screen instructions.
• That's all.

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The Legacy Archived Content:

Note: This method will not keep update for macOS

[Archived] Activate MS Office 2019/2016 for macOS - Microsoft_Office_2019_VL_Serializer

Office 2019 above

2019-06-03

Note that Office2019 DO NOT support activate via simple copy/paste plist license file which is the simplest way to activate Office 2016. Fortunately, you can also use the VL Serializer tool, just install Office 2019 and Serializer, then run Serializer to activate.

Ref

• Overview of the Volume License (VL) Serializer
• Overview of the Volume License (VL) Serializer (简体中文)

Activation Step

1. DO NOT RUN OFFICE APP AFTER INSTALLED, but just install Office 2019 for macOS, choose one of this

   • manual download ref: https://macadmins.software/
   • Official Link - Microsoft_Office_16.27.19071500_Installer.pkg
   • Official Link - Office 2019 Volume License 16.x latest

   or install via brew:

   brew cask install microsoft-office

2. manual download and install Microsoft_Office_2019_VL_Serializer.pkg

   • Microsoft_Office_2019_VL_Serializer.pkg in this gist (have tested to work with v16.27, but not work with >= v16.80)
   • Microsoft_Office_2019_VL_Serializer.pkg official link

3. run Microsoft_Office_2019_VL_Serializer and it will automatic activate Office 2019

4. open the office app, completed.

Note

If you alaways been asked for 'Sign in' and still requires activation, please try to remove Office license files on a Mac. Here is the official download link for Microsoft_Office_License_Removal tool. (thanks for @lidroider's comment)

The Serializer.pkg in this gist is signature by Microsoft Corporation Official. To check it, you can see details in this comment (2019-08-21)

Office 2016 16.11 for macOS VL2 license

2018-04-25

Ref

• VLSC ref: https://blog.csdn.net/cneducation/article/details/50573649
• License ref: https://bbs.feng.com/read-htm-tid-10731033.html

Activation Step

1. install Office2016 for mac with Office Suite Install, but DO NOT RUN OFFICE AFTER INSTALLED

   • manual download ref: https://macadmins.software/
   • Official Link - Office 2016 Volume License 16.16.10

   or install via brew:

   # brew cask install microsoft-office  # this point to Office 2019 now
   # install last office 2016 version below
   brew cask install https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/raw/538c7cf34c085e3bb4fdac36f6370ded87930036/Casks/microsoft-office.rb

2. copy license file com.microsoft.office.licensingV2.plist to Preferences

   # md5(com.microsoft.office.licensingV2.plist) = a8f1283303838b4d3bd943775e463239
   cp com.microsoft.office.licensingV2.plist /Library/Preferences/
   
   # or download it in library by command line
   curl -sSL https://gist.githubusercontent.com/zthxxx/9ddc171d00df98cbf8b4b0d8469ce90a/raw/com.microsoft.office.licensingV2.plist -o /Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.office.licensingV2.plist

3. run the office app, completed.