Install and activate Office 2019 for FREE legally using Volume license

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After a series of preview versions, Microsoft finally came out with an official version of Office 2019. It is the stable one, this means you can download and use it right now without worrying about fatal errors which you have gotten in beta versions before. However, I regret to inform that according to the disclosures, Microsoft Office 2019 only works on Windows 10. So if you are using Windows 8.1 or older versions, you will not be able to install it. Honestly, I hate what Microsoft have done to force users to use Windows 10. And I think Office 2016 is still a good choice for casual users at the moment.

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How to download Office 2019 from Microsoft homepage

If you have an Office 365 subscription, your Office will be upgraded to the latest version automatically without doing anything. However, if you are using Office 2016 or earlier versions, to make sure that Office 2019 will work normally, please uninstall your old version of Office completely before starting a new installation. If you do not have Office 2019 already, just go here to get official download link from Microsoft homepage and select the version you want.

Installing Office 2019 without a product key

After the download process is complete, you will get an image file. Just open it then run the setup file to install Office 2019 on your PC.

Open Office 2019 setup file
Open Office 2019 setup file
UAC alert
UAC alert

This may take a while, please wait.

Office 2019 installation progress
Office 2019 installation progress

Upon successful installation, you can open any Office program to verify some basic information.

Just skip the “enter product key” window by clicking close button at the top right corner.

Bypass "Enter your product key" modal
Bypass “Enter your product key” modal
Accept Microsoft license agreement
Accept Microsoft license agreement

And as you can see, I am using Office Professional Plus 2019 and the trial license will expire in 7 days.

7-day trial license of Office 2019
7-day trial license of Office 2019
Important features are disabled
Important features are disabled

Activating Office 2019 using KMS license key

Method 1: Running commands one by one manually

Time needed: 1 minute.

Manually activate your Office with legal KMS product key.

  1. Open command prompt in administrator mode.

    First, you need to open command prompt with admin rights, then follow the instruction below step by step. Just copy/paste the commands and do not forget to hit Enter in order to execute them.

  2. Open location of the Office installed on your PC

    cd /d %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office16
    cd /d %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office16

    If you install your Office in the ProgramFiles folder, the path will be “%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office16” or “%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office16”. It depends on the architecture of the Windows OS you are using. If you are not sure of this issue, don’t worry, just run both of the commands above. One of them will be not executed and an error message will be printed on the screen.

  3. Convert your retail license to volume one

    for /f %x in ('dir /b ..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\%x"

    If your Office is got from Microsoft, this step is required. On the contrary, if you install Office from a Volume ISO file, this is optional so just skip it if you want.

  4. Activate your Office using KMS client key

    Make sure your PC is connected to the internet, then run the following command.

    cscript ospp.vbs /setprt:1688
    cscript ospp.vbs /unpkey:6MWKP >nul
    cscript ospp.vbs /inpkey:NMMKJ-6RK4F-KMJVX-8D9MJ-6MWKP
    cscript ospp.vbs /sethst:kms8.msguides.com
    cscript ospp.vbs /act

    Here is all the text you will get in the command prompt window.
    C:\Windows\system32>cd /d %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office16
     C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cd /d %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office16
     The system cannot find the path specified.
     C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>for /f %x in ('dir /b ..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\%x"
     C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL_KMS_Client_AE-ppd.xrm-ms"
     Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
     Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
     ---Processing--------------------------
     Installing Office license: ..\root\licenses16\proplus2019vl_kms_client_ae-ppd.xrm-ms
     Office license installed successfully.
     ---Exiting-----------------------------
     C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL_KMS_Client_AE-ul-oob.xrm-ms"
     Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
     Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
     ---Processing--------------------------
     Installing Office license: ..\root\licenses16\proplus2019vl_kms_client_ae-ul-oob.xrm-ms
     Office license installed successfully.
     ---Exiting-----------------------------
     C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL_KMS_Client_AE-ul.xrm-ms"
     Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
     Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
     ---Processing--------------------------
     Installing Office license: ..\root\licenses16\proplus2019vl_kms_client_ae-ul.xrm-ms
     Office license installed successfully.
     ---Exiting-----------------------------
     C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL_MAK_AE-pl.xrm-ms"
     Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
     Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
     ---Processing--------------------------
     Installing Office license: ..\root\licenses16\proplus2019vl_mak_ae-pl.xrm-ms
     Office license installed successfully.
     ---Exiting-----------------------------
     C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL_MAK_AE-ppd.xrm-ms"
     Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
     Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
     ---Processing--------------------------
     Installing Office license: ..\root\licenses16\proplus2019vl_mak_ae-ppd.xrm-ms
     Office license installed successfully.
     ---Exiting-----------------------------
     C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL_MAK_AE-ul-oob.xrm-ms"
     Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
     Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
     ---Processing--------------------------
     Installing Office license: ..\root\licenses16\proplus2019vl_mak_ae-ul-oob.xrm-ms
     Office license installed successfully.
     ---Exiting-----------------------------
     C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL_MAK_AE-ul-phn.xrm-ms"
     Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
     Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
     ---Processing--------------------------
     Installing Office license: ..\root\licenses16\proplus2019vl_mak_ae-ul-phn.xrm-ms
     Office license installed successfully.
     ---Exiting-----------------------------
     C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /setprt:1688
     Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
     Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
     ---Processing--------------------------
     Successfully applied setting.
     ---Exiting-----------------------------
     C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /unpkey:6MWKP >nul
     C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inpkey:NMMKJ-6RK4F-KMJVX-8D9MJ-6MWKP
     Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
     Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
     ---Processing--------------------------
     
     ---Exiting-----------------------------
     C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /sethst:kms8.msguides.com
     Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
     Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
     ---Processing--------------------------
     Successfully applied setting.
     ---Exiting-----------------------------
     C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /act
     Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
     Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
     ---Processing--------------------------
     Installed product key detected - attempting to activate the following product:
     SKU ID: 85dd8b5f-eaa4-4af3-a628-cce9e77c9a03
     LICENSE NAME: Office 19, Office19ProPlus2019VL_KMS_Client_AE edition
     LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 19, VOLUME_KMSCLIENT channel
     Last 5 characters of installed product key: 6MWKP
     
     
     ---Exiting-----------------------------
     C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>


Right now the Office is activated successfully.

Office 2019 product activated
Office 2019 product activated

Method 2: Using batch scripts

This one is not recommend anymore due to the new update of Microsoft.

Step 1: Copy the following code into a new text document.

@echo off
title Activate Microsoft Office 2019 ALL versions for FREE!&cls&echo ============================================================================&echo #Project: Activating Microsoft software products for FREE without software&echo ============================================================================&echo.&echo #Supported products:&echo - Microsoft Office Standard 2019&echo - Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019&echo.&echo.&(if exist "%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office16\ospp.vbs" cd /d "%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office16")&(if exist "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office16\ospp.vbs" cd /d "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office16")&(for /f %%x in ('dir /b ..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\%%x" >nul)&(for /f %%x in ('dir /b ..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\%%x" >nul)&echo.&echo ============================================================================&echo Activating your Office...&cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /ckms >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /setprt:1688 >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /unpkey:6MWKP >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /inpkey:NMMKJ-6RK4F-KMJVX-8D9MJ-6MWKP >nul&set i=1
:server
if %i%==1 set KMS=kms7.MSGuides.com
if %i%==2 set KMS=kms8.MSGuides.com
if %i%==3 set KMS=kms9.MSGuides.com
if %i%==4 goto notsupported
cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /sethst:%KMS% >nul&echo ============================================================================&echo.&echo.
cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /act | find /i "successful" && (echo.&echo ============================================================================&echo.&echo #My official blog: MSGuides.com&echo.&echo #How it works: bit.ly/kms-server&echo.&echo #Please feel free to contact me at msguides.com@gmail.com if you have any questions or concerns.&echo.&echo #Please consider supporting this project: donate.msguides.com&echo #Your support is helping me keep my servers running everyday!&echo.&echo ============================================================================&choice /n /c YN /m "Would you like to visit my blog [Y,N]?" & if errorlevel 2 exit) || (echo The connection to my KMS server failed! Trying to connect to another one... & echo Please wait... & echo. & echo. & set /a i+=1 & goto server)
explorer "http://MSGuides.com"&goto halt
:notsupported
echo.&echo ============================================================================&echo Sorry! Your version is not supported.&echo Please try installing the latest version here: bit.ly/aiomsp
:halt
pause >nul
Create a new text file
Create a new text file

Step 2: Save the text file as a batch file with .cmd extension. (Eg. office2019.cmd).

Save the document file
Save the document file
Set name of batch script
Set name of batch script

Step 3: Run this batch file with admin rights.

Run the script with administrator rights
Run the script with administrator rights
UAC alert
UAC alert

Step 4: Check activation status again.

Your Office is activated successfully
Your Office is activated successfully

Done! You Office has been activated successfully.

Note: If your PC can not connect to any KMS servers, please try running the batch file again.

More information:

  • Here is KMS client key of Office 2019: NMMKJ-6RK4F-KMJVX-8D9MJ-6MWKP.
  • The KMS license of Office 2019 is valid for 180 days only but it can be renewed automatically so you neednt worry so much about the period.

If you would have any questions or concerns, please leave your comments. I would be glad to explain in more details. Thank you so much for all your feedback and support!


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1,687 thoughts on “Install and activate Office 2019 for FREE legally using Volume license”

  2. Reginald Imohimi

    Thanks. This is the only method that worked for me after spending hours searching for other methods online. I really appreciate the work you do.

    Reply ↓
  3. Leandro Massami Arasaki

    Man, this actually works. It seems very sketchy, but it’s legit. This was the only method that worked, out of thousands that I tried.

    Reply ↓
  4. L*n

    Two questions

    1) Installed Office – and everything works fine.
    2) I need to install Project and Visio as well. They needs activation as well.
    3) What happens in 6 months? how is the process automated:)

    Thanks

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  6. Anonymous

    Dear Admin,

    I have learned that you become our server once we connect with you. But, maybe many users are not aware that you have access to our computer. This means that you control our computer and can do what you want?

    How can we trust you that you will not steal data from our computer and that you will not spy on our activities?
    Is there a way to prevent you from doing this if you are currently doing it?

    Reply ↓
  10. Laarni Evelyn Santiago

    It actually works! You need to look where the script is saved in your PC then run it as indicated above and it was updated correctly! Thank you so much!

    Reply ↓
  14. MARCELO

    Not work for me!
    After three attempts to connect to the kms server, this message appears:
    “Sorry! Your version is not supported.”

    Reply ↓
  18. jamie riggs

    had to give it a couple of tries (probably an error on my part), but it works!! thank y’all for this tutorial!

    Reply ↓
  19. Huththige Putha

    Thanks BRo. It is working. Completly Succesfull. this command isnt work please try stable fast internet connection. i am try 4 times but doesnt work and after i am changing another connection (other isp) 1 st try it is compleatly succesfull ACTIVATED. THANK YOU Bro…

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  20. Wesley Swartz

    Wow. It works. Thank you so much MS GUIDES team. It really helped me. Office Applications can get expensive over time, so thank you once more. Much Appreciated. All the way from Cape Town

    Reply ↓
  21. Saajan

    Thanks a lot. The system opened MS Office 365 but your instructions still worked and now it is displaying Office 2019. Hats off!

    Reply ↓
  27. Roggs

    This does not work at all. After installation, first line:

    C:\> cd /d %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office16
    Set-Location : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument
    ‘%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft’.
    At line:1 char:1
    + cd /d %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office16
    + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-Location], ParameterBindingException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SetLocati
    onCommand

    Even running it from the Office16 directory, the next step also fails:
    At line:1 char:4
    + for /f %x in (‘dir /b ..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL*.xrm-ms’) do c …
    + ~
    Missing opening ‘(‘ after keyword ‘for’.
    + CategoryInfo : ParserError: (:) [], ParentContainsErrorRecordException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : MissingOpenParenthesisAfterKeyword

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  28. Ajay

    I tried both ways, it did not work.

    In the first method, cmd did not accepted the commands
    cscript ospp.vbs /setprt:1688
    cscript ospp.vbs /unpkey:6MWKP >nul
    cscript ospp.vbs /inpkey:NMMKJ-6RK4F-KMJVX-8D9MJ-6MWKP
    cscript ospp.vbs /sethst:kms8.msguides.com
    cscript ospp.vbs /act

    In method 2 when I ran the cmd file saved on my desktop, It says commands not supported,

    Please help

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    3. Huththige Putha

      bro change your ISP . it is working. or try another time. because sometime cant connect completly this Server.

      Reply ↓