
If the rearm succeeds, the following message displays: "Microsoft Office rearm successful.If you're a user trying to activate a personal copy of Office at home, see Activate Office instead of reading this article. If you installed the 32-bit version of Office on a 64-bit operating system, go to the Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office16 folder. Open an elevated command prompt and go to the Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16 folder. Verify that the user account that is performing this procedure is a member of the Administrators group on the KMS host computer. Use the ospprearm command to rearm an Office installation Also, users might immediately see a red title bar warning them of activation issues if Office wasn't rearmed before the image was captured.

The activation dialog box is slightly different 25 days after installation.

If you're activating by using MAK and you don't remotely activate for end-users by using the Volume Activation Management Tool (VAMT) or ospp.vbs, users see an activation dialog box the first time that an Office application starts. Rearming is also recommended if you're activating a volume licensed version of Office, including Project and Visio, by using Multiple Activation Key (MAK). If you run out of rearms, activating by using a KMS host computer lets you rearm once. You can rearm five times, unless you activate Office by using a KMS host computer. You can use the ospp.vbs script to check the CMID.įor more information about the ospp.vbs script, see Tools to manage volume activation of Office. This is important because the KMS host computer uses the CMID to determine the number of unique clients. Freezes the grace timer until either an Office application is run, or the ospp.vbs script is run.Rearming does the following important tasks: If you do not rearm, users might see notification dialog boxes at the time that the image is deployed, instead of 25 days after deployment.

If you want to deploy a volume licensed version of Office, Project, or Visio, as part of an operating system image, you must rearm your Office installation before you capture the image. If activation is successful, users don't see notifications to activate. The 25-day grace period gives ample time for a KMS host computer to be found and activation to succeed. There is a 25-day grace period from the time of installation of Key Management Service (KMS) clients before notifications to activate are displayed to the user. Applies to: Volume licensed versions of Office LTSC 2021, Office 2019, and Office 2016 (including Project and Visio)
