A user in another thread said that an Office 2013 retail key activates 2016 ProPlusRetail, but it doesn't work for me. It simply comes back and says that the key is for 2013. Sure would be nice if it worked.
Installed today from the official download (16.0.3823.1005) on a Win 10 VM installation and it's Click 2 Run. Needs Office 365 subscription to activate, which I don't have. Wondering if it's possible to convert to VLK and how to activate. Although I've been a member here for 5 years, this is my first post, so I only see "Hidden Content" on many posts in this thread. And, now that I have my one post and done more research....I now know there is no way to convert C2R to VLK (I think). Never really knew much about C2R as I always went with VLK desktop. I have until Sunday to activate before functionality gets restricted.
In the folder where the file "configure32.xml" is located, open command prompt and enter: setup.exe /configure configure32.xml. Anyway, there is a script floating around here that may simplify the operation.