In this example we are using Office 2019 Professional Plus in the retails channel and we need to adapt it to run the KMS version which is activated by a enterprise KMS server.
Start Command prompt elevated
This is simple, from the start menu search for command prompt right click and choose "Run as Administrator" as below:
Ensure you command prompt is in the right content as below:
Then you need to navigate to the correct directory using this command:
cd "c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office16"
That should then put you in that directory as below:
Convert license from Retail to Volume for /f %x in ('dir /b ..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\%x"
Activate license on the internet with Microsoft.
Remember to change the <host_ip> with the IP address to your KMS server with a valid MAK key.
cscript ospp.vbs /setprt:1688
cscript ospp.vbs /unpkey:6MWKP >nul
cscript ospp.vbs /inpkey:NMMKJ-6RK4F-KMJVX-8D9MJ-6MWKP
cscript ospp.vbs /sethst:<host_ip>
cscript ospp.vbs /act
Using your own KMS server
If you are using your own KMS server internally then you can replace the IP here with the IP address of your KMS server for local activation.
cscript ospp.vbs /sethst:10.77.11.44
That should end with the activation being successful as below:
Converting from Retail to KMS
If you wish to convert from Retail to KMS (as you found out that you now do indeed have a KMS server) then you can run this script which is a CMD format that needs to be run as an administrator
Note: If you are using the x86 verions of Office then update the %ProgramFiles% to %ProgramFiles(x32)
Script : Office2019Retail-KMS.cmd
@echo off
set LICPATH=%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\root\Licenses16
set LICPATH1=%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office16
cscript slmgr.vbs /ilc "%LICPATH%\ProPlusVL_KMS_Client-ppd.xrm-ms"
cscript slmgr.vbs /ilc "%LICPATH%\ProPlusVL_KMS_Client-ul.xrm-ms"
cscript slmgr.vbs /ilc "%LICPATH%\ProPlusVL_KMS_Client-ul-oob.xrm-ms"
cscript slmgr.vbs /ilc "%LICPATH%\client-issuance-bridge-office.xrm-ms"
cscript slmgr.vbs /ilc "%LICPATH%\client-issuance-root.xrm-ms"
cscript slmgr.vbs /ilc "%LICPATH%\client-issuance-root-bridge-test.xrm-ms"
cscript slmgr.vbs /ilc "%LICPATH%\client-issuance-stil.xrm-ms"
cscript slmgr.vbs /ilc "%LICPATH%\client-issuance-ul.xrm-ms"
cscript slmgr.vbs /ilc "%LICPATH%\client-issuance-ul-oob.xrm-ms"
cscript slmgr.vbs /ilc "%LICPATH%\pkeyconfig-office.xrm-ms"
cscript slmgr.vbs /ipk XQNVK-8JYDB-WJ9W3-YJ8YR-WFG99
cscript "%LICPATH1%\ospp.vbs" /sethst:<kms_server_hostname>
cscript "%LICPATH1%\ospp.vbs" /act
This will then convert the licenses and activate using the KMS initial key (which yes requires a KMS server) if you do not have a KMS server then it needs to be in retail mode.
