microsoft office 2016 volume license serializer mac

Microsoft_Office_2016_VL_Serializer installer package.

See below the jump for an example of using Packages to build a combined Office 2016 installer which includes both an unlicensed Office 2016 15.18.0 full installer and the Microsoft_Office_2016_VL_Serializer installer package. I have an existing process which can be used to build a combined Office 2016 installer using Packages, so I decided to apply the same process to building an Office 2016 15.8.0 installer.

Download an unlicensed Office 2016 full installer which is up-to-date with the latest Office 2016 software.

Locate the O365/Retail download link (highlighted in bright green in the image below.).

Go to (this site is run by Microsoft and is safe to download from.).Meanwhile, the Microsoft volume license site site has Office 2016 15.17.0 available for download.ĭownloading an unlicensed Office 2016 full installer

Microsoft has released an unlicensed Office 2016 15.18.0 full installer for use with Office 365.

Unlicensed Office 2016 full installers can be downloaded from the internet without requiring access to Microsoft’s volume licensing site.įor example, as of January 14, 2016, the latest version of Office 2016 is Office 2016 15.18.0.

Microsoft usually releases unlicensed Office 2016 full installers much sooner than they release the volume licensed Office 2016 full installer via Microsoft’s volume license site.

This is advantageous for the following reasons: The installer package (which must be downloaded from Microsoft’s volume license site) makes it possible to install an unlicensed copy of the Microsoft Office 2016 full installer and then set up that copy of Office 2016 to use your shop’s volume license for Office 2016.

Fix the volume license on a machine where the volume license isn’t being recognized.

Convert an existing/activated version of Office 2016 for Mac to use the volume license.

Activate an unlicensed version of Office 2016 and set it to use the volume license.This installer is designed to do the following: This new installer is available along with the latest Office 2016 volume license installer and is named Microsoft_Office_2016_VL_Serializer.pkg. Microsoft recently released a new software installer to help make the task of deploying updated copies of Office 2016 for Mac admins a lot easier.

Microsoft office 2016 volume license serializer mac