

I’ve run ‘ nslookup -type=srv _vlmcs._tcp’ on the client and it can see the KMS host that is supposed to be servicing ‘Office 2016’ activations. The count on the KMS host hasn’t increased by one either. To view the activation event history run: cscript OSPP.VBS /dhistorykms NOTICE: A KB article has been detected for activation failure: 0xC004F074 FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT: Enter the email address associated with Microsoft 365 for Mac and click Next. Note: If you weren't prompted to sign in, open a blank file and go to File > New from template > Sign in.

Please see the Application Event Log for additional information. On the Sign in to activate Office screen, select Sign in. No Key Management Service (KMS) could be contacted. Installed product key detected - attempting to activate the following product: SKU ID: d450596f-894d-49e0-966a-fd39ed4c4c64 LICENSE NAME: Office 16, Office16ProPlusVL_KMS_Client edition LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 16, VOLUME_KMSCLIENT channel Last 5 characters of installed product key: WFG99 ERROR CODE: 0xC004F074 ERROR DESCRIPTION: The Software Licensing Service reported that the product could not be activated. However, the KMS activation is failing on the client with the following error. I’ve tried testing the KMS host by converting an ‘Office 2016’ installation on a client from MAK to KMS activation following the article below. Both installed and activated successfully with their respective CSVLK keys on the KMS I’ve installed the ‘ Office 2010 KMS Host License Pack’ (V.5000) and the ‘ Office 2016 Volume License Pack’ (V.1002). To run cmd.exe as administrator, enter the following command:Īt the command prompt with administrative rights, you can continue with manual KMS activation.I’ve recently set up a ‘Windows 2012 Standard R2’ server as a KMS host. This will start a command-line interface prompt without administrative rights. In this case, to perform the KMS activation, enter the path into Internet Explorer: When the 30 day grace-period has expired, Windows is running in “Reduced Functionality Mode“, only the Internet Explorer can be called. This error can usually be resolved by a BIOS update. The KMS activation expect here a so-called “Windows marker” and fails if it is corrupted or not found.

Such BIOS version contains an invalid ACPI_SLIC table. on right mouse click.Įrror 0xC004F074 (“The Key Management Service (KMS) is unavailable”): In most cases it refers to incorrectly set time or the time zone.Įrror 0xC004F035 and 0xC004F059: Especially for computers that were originally acquired with an OEM operating system, in this case the KMS activation is prevented by computer's BIOS. The option Run as administrator is available e.g. For manual activation, you must run the Command-Line Interface (cmd.exe) as administrator.
