Do you need a Microsoft account to activate Office 2019?
A Microsoft account is usually required to install and activate Office versions 2013 or later, and Microsoft 365 Family or Personal. You might already have a Microsoft account if you use a service like Outlook.com, OneDrive, Xbox, or Skype; or if you purchased Microsoft 365 or Office from the online Microsoft Store.
A valid product code is all that's necessary to activate it. If you are using one of those cheap ones with just a product code you might have to download / install online from Ms --this might need you to have an Ms account to install the product but you don't need to be logged in to Ms to use or activate it.
- Open one of the Office apps like Word, Excel, etc. ...
- In the pop-up Welcome window, click the Sign in button to enter your Microsoft account credentials to sign in to Office.
- Click File -> Account.
- Click Activate Product.
- Click Use a different account option.
- Click I have a product key link.
- Step 1: Sign in to Office with the right account. If Office asks you to sign in, enter the account you used to buy Office. ...
- Step 2: Check for multiple copies of Office. ...
- Step 3: Check your subscription status. ...
- Step 4: Troubleshoot activation.
- Activating your free Office suite via Microsoft. Open the Microsoft Office program of your choice. ...
- Step 1: open the Office program. ...
- Step 2: choose an account. ...
- Step 3: log in to Microsoft 365. ...
- Step 4: accept the conditions. ...
- Step 5: get started.
Your Microsoft account lets you manage everything all in one place. Keep tabs on your subscriptions and order history, organize your family's digital life, update your privacy and security settings, track the health and safety of your devices, and get rewards.
Software activation, after installation, does require a Microsoft account. However, after activation, the MS account isn't necessary for ongoing use.
- From the Windows desktop, navigate: Start. ...
- From the 'Your account' screen, select. Sign in with a local account instead. ...
- If presented, enter password of current user.
- Enter the desired info into the following fields then select. Next. ...
- Select. Next. ...
- Select. Sign out and finish.
- Open a command prompt with elevation.
- Navigate to the Office installation folder using the cd command. ...
- Run the following command to point Office to the KMS server: cscript ospp.vbs /sethst:kms1.kms.sjsu.edu.
- Run the following command to activate Office: cscript ospp.vbs /act.
- Windows 10, Windows Server 2019, or later.
- 1.6 GHz or faster, 2-core.
- 4 GB RAM; 2 GB RAM (32-bit)
- Graphics hardware acceleration requires DirectX 9 or later, with WDDM 2.0 or higher for Windows 10 (or WDDM 1.3 or higher for Windows 10 Fall Creators Update). ...
- 4 GB of free hard disk space.
What happens if you don't activate Windows 2019?
Windows Server 2019 requires license activation after 180 days, otherwise the system will shut down.