Manually activate Microsoft Office using a KMS server

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At times you may find that Office cannot locate the KMS server on its own, and you’ll get a notification that Office is not activated.

To resolve this issue, run the following commands.

Modify the path to the Office install folder as needed:

cd /d “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16”
cscript ospp.vbs /sethst:[FQDN of KMS server]
cscript ospp.vbs /act