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The activation instructions below are for UMBC owned computers onlythat have KMS versions of Microsoft Office Professional Plus installed (Microsoft 365 and macOS versions of Office are not supported by this activation method). To activate Office, you will either need to be connected to the UMBC campus network or connected to the UMBC VPN if you are using an off-campus internet connection. NOTE: Office won't activate on over the UMBC Visitor wireless connection.

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titleInstructions for Microsoft Office 2010
  • In order to activate MS Office 2010 you will need to be connected to the UMBC campus network, or logged in to the UMBC VPN if you are using an off campus internet connection
  • In order to activate MS Office 2010 you will need to download one of the files below as appropriate for your version of Office 2010:
  • Double-click on the file you downloaded ( off2010activate.zip ) to unzip it, and then right-click on the .bat file( off2010activate.bat ) appropriate for your version of Office 2010 and select Run As Administrator.
  • A command prompt window should appear and scroll through several commands before closing. Just before the command prompt closes it should appear similar to the one below. Your MS Office 2010 installation has now been activated.  
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titleInstructions for Microsoft Office 2013

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Activation instructions for Microsoft Office Professional Plus (all versions):

  1. Right-click the following file and select "Save link as..." to download it: activate_Office.zip

  2. Right-click on the file you downloaded (

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  1. activate_Office.zip) and select "Extract All" to unzip it.

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  1. Once unzipped, open the folder that was created and then right-click on the

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  1. activation file (

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  1. active_MS_Office_19.cmd) and select Run as administrator. A command prompt window will appear and scroll through several commands

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titleInstructions for Microsoft Office 2016

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  1. . When it has finished activating Office, press any key to close the command prompt window.