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Hi - wondering is someone can explain some behaviour to me which I think should not be possible... I have installed 2021LTSCProPlus using an image for the current / Retail RTM channel. I added VL keys (KMS and MAK including Mondo keys) using the Ratiborus tool and converted and activated. I seem now to have everything including 365 subscription only features including Dictate in Word and Outlook. I dont think these are grace licences because there seems to be no reference to Grace anywhere that I can see. I have had this setup running for more that 30 days and have sucessfully updated Office a couple of times to the current RTM build. I am not logged into any MS account. As I say everything seems to work but it seems to good to be true! Any thoughts as to why I have subscription only features?
@Zopeman "Mondo keys" can you check what keys are installed and activated? (cscript ospp.vbs /dstatus)
@abbodi1406 ...As requested... Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22621.1992] (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\Windows\System32>cd\ C:\>cd C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16 C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /dstatus Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. ---Processing-------------------------- --------------------------------------- PRODUCT ID: 00468-60000-00000-AA965 SKU ID: 76881159-155c-43e0-9db7-2d70a9a3a4ca LICENSE NAME: Office 21, Office21ProjectPro2021VL_KMS_Client_AE edition LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 21, VOLUME_KMSCLIENT channel BETA EXPIRATION: 01/01/1601 LICENSE STATUS: ---LICENSED--- REMAINING GRACE: 173 days (249650 minute(s) before expiring) Last 5 characters of installed product key: QV9H8 Activation Type Configuration: ALL DNS auto-discovery: KMS name not available KMS machine registry override defined: 192.168.10.175:1688 Activation Interval: 120 minutes Renewal Interval: 10080 minutes KMS host caching: Enabled --------------------------------------- PRODUCT ID: 00335-30000-00000-AA885 SKU ID: 9caabccb-61b1-4b4b-8bec-d10a3c3ac2ce LICENSE NAME: Office 16, Office16MondoVL_KMS_Client edition LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 16, VOLUME_KMSCLIENT channel BETA EXPIRATION: 01/01/1601 LICENSE STATUS: ---LICENSED--- REMAINING GRACE: 173 days (249650 minute(s) before expiring) Last 5 characters of installed product key: XQBR2 Activation Type Configuration: ALL DNS auto-discovery: KMS name not available KMS machine registry override defined: 192.168.10.175:1688 Activation Interval: 120 minutes Renewal Interval: 10080 minutes KMS host caching: Enabled --------------------------------------- PRODUCT ID: 00472-30000-00000-AA905 SKU ID: fb61ac9a-1688-45d2-8f6b-0674dbffa33c LICENSE NAME: Office 21, Office21VisioPro2021VL_KMS_Client_AE edition LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 21, VOLUME_KMSCLIENT channel BETA EXPIRATION: 01/01/1601 LICENSE STATUS: ---LICENSED--- REMAINING GRACE: 173 days (249650 minute(s) before expiring) Last 5 characters of installed product key: K2HT4 Activation Type Configuration: ALL DNS auto-discovery: KMS name not available KMS machine registry override defined: 192.168.10.175:1688 Activation Interval: 120 minutes Renewal Interval: 10080 minutes KMS host caching: Enabled --------------------------------------- PRODUCT ID: 00470-90000-00000-AA169 SKU ID: fbdb3e18-a8ef-4fb3-9183-dffd60bd0984 LICENSE NAME: Office 21, Office21ProPlus2021VL_KMS_Client_AE edition LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 21, VOLUME_KMSCLIENT channel BETA EXPIRATION: 01/01/1601 LICENSE STATUS: ---LICENSED--- REMAINING GRACE: 173 days (249651 minute(s) before expiring) Last 5 characters of installed product key: 6F7TH Activation Type Configuration: ALL DNS auto-discovery: KMS name not available KMS machine registry override defined: 192.168.10.175:1688 Activation Interval: 120 minutes Renewal Interval: 10080 minutes KMS host caching: Enabled --------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- ---Exiting----------------------------- C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>
@Zopeman can you check which SKU is used in File > Account? (via any Office app) Mondo usually takes precedence
@abbodi1406 - Mondo is taking precedence I think. LTSC PP only shows when clicking on "additional licencing information" See snip...
That's your explanation then Mondo gives most of Microsoft 365 features usually (or preferably) it need Office 365 grace key/licenses, but in your case it seems ProPlus2021Volume key/licenses was enough
@abbodi1406 - Thanks for taking time to look into this. I was under the impression that "Dictate" was strictly a 365 subscription only feature, so I was amazed that it came up in the ribbon and even more amazed that it works! . I was wondering if had something to do with using the current channel 2307 image for installation as LTSC is normally locked at 2108 and shouldnt really work with the current RTM channel. Thanks again.
Installed version (channel) is what matter, LTSC is just a license (and in this case it has no effect with Mondo license) try uninstalling Mondo key and see if 365 features survive
Interesting - I did as you suggested and indeed the Dictate feature disappeared. I then restored MondoVL_KMS_Client and MondoVL_MAK and re-ran the activation and it came back. Had to restart WORD twice before it re-appeared in the ribbon. Seems to be a repeatable process (i can get the same result each time.) . Long may it last! One further thought relating to your earlier comment about "precedence" - is there a mechanism for determining the precedence (reg key?) or does Mondo simply always take precedence?
Guys I tried several times with office 2019 & 2021 and it seems MS updated Office and patched the activation method as both failing with the same error Code: Would You Like to [A]ctivate OR [E]nd ? [A,E]?A #### ACTIVATE OFFICE VOLUME PRODUCTS Activating Office Professional Plus 2019 Activation 85dd8b5f-eaa4-4af3-a628-cce9e77c9a03 failed [0x80080005] Code: ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ SHOW CURRENT ACTIVATION STATUS ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Office installation path: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office Distribution-Channel: Non_Standard_Channel (Manual_Override) Updates-Url: not set ____________________________________________________________________________ Office Professional Plus 2019 --- ProductVersion: 16.0.16626.20134 License Family: Office19ProPlus2019VL_KMS_Client_AE Activation status: 5 (---NOTIFICATIONS---) PartialProductKey: 6MWKP ____________________________________________________________________________ Press any key to continue . . .