On Windows Server 2012 and volume license editions of Windows 8, you can use your same KMS host key to set up Active Directory-Based activation. These license files are required for the KMS host service to recognize Office 2013 KMS host keys. This download contains an executable file that will extract and install KMS host license files. To set up Active Directory-Based activation, you must be running Windows Server 2012, Windows 8, or newer.Īll volume editions of Office 2013 client products are pre-installed with a Generic Volume License Key (GVLK) key, which supports automatic activation for both KMS and Active Directory-Based Activation, so you will not need to install a product key. Once Visio is associated with your Microsoft account, you could log this Microsoft account into, download and install Visio, it would be activated without a product key.or volume licensed version of Visio, except that you could use a MAK key or let your end client connect to KMS host to activate Visio, you could also use the Internet or the. You can set a KMS key and check the activation status of Office 2013 with OSPP. When an Office 2013 volume edition client is installed, it will automatically attempt to activate via either Active Directory by using its existing domain pairing or a DNS-discoverable KMS host on your organization network. I installed the KMS key and it picks up the users that have visio installed, but when i try to push the license it says 'The Software Licensing Service reported that the application is running within the valid grace period.' I am trying o activate Visio that is installed on Windows 7 SP1 boxes.

If you want to activate volume license editions of Office 2013, Visio 2013, or Project 2013 with a KMS host or Active Directory-Based activation, you need to first install Office 2013 Volume License Pack. What i am having trouble with is licensing a Visio 2013 standard install.

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