Quick Tip - How to check if Office 2016 is licensed

Need to check if Office 2016 is licensed? Below is a quick and easy way.


From an elevated command prompt browse to:

c:\programs files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office16\

type the following command:

cscript ospp.vbs /dstatusall


You will then be presented with a list of Office Products which will show the licence status.

OOT_GRACE indicates the product is in grace period, it will also show the remaining grace days.


being correctly licensed will simply show as "LICENSED".

If you receive this error, check the KMS server in use, it's possible you may need to add the KMS licence key to the server.

Kms activation should occur naturally by itself, but can be forced to activate using cscript ospp.vbs /act hostname

You can see a complete list of OSPP.VBS commands below:

Global /Options	Description
/act	Activate installed Office product keys.
/inpkey:value	Install a product key (replaces existing key) with user-provided product key. Value parameter applies.
/unpkey:value	Uninstall an installed product key with user-provided partial product key (as displayed by the /dstatus option). Value parameter applies.
/inslic:value	Install a license with user-provided path to the .xrm-ms license. Value parameter applies.
/dstatus	Display license information for installed product keys.
/dstatusall	Display license information for installed licenses.
/dhistoryacterr	Display MAK/Retail activation failure history.
/dinstid	Display installation ID for offline activation.
/actcid:value	Activate product with user-provided confirmation ID. Value parameter applies.
/rearm	Reset the licensing status for all installed Office product keys.
/rearm:value	Reset the licensing status for an Office license with user provided SKUID value (as displayed by the /dstatus opton). Value parameter applies.
/ddescr:value	Display the description for a user-provided error code. Value parameter applies.
KMS client /Options	Description
/dhistorykms	Display KMS client activation history.
/dcmid	Display KMS client machine ID (CMID).
/sethst:value	Set a KMS host name with user-provided host name. Value parameter applies.
/setprt:value	Set a KMS port with user-provided port number. Value parameter applies.
/remhst	Remove KMS host name (sets port to default).
/cachst:value	Permit or deny KMS host caching. Value parameter applies (TRUE or FALSE).
/actype:value	Set volume activation type. Value parameter applies. (Windows 8 and above support only) Values: 1 (for AD) or 2 (for KMS) or 3 (for Token) or 0 (for all).
/skms-domain:value	Set the specific DNS domain in which all KMS SRV records can be found. This setting has no effect if the specific single KMS host is set via /sethst option. Valueparameter applies. (Windows 8 and above support only) Value:FQDN
/ckms-domain	Clear the specific DNS domain in which all KMS SRV records can be found. The specific KMS host will be used if set via /sethst option. Otherwise default KMS auto-discovery will be used. (Windows 8 and above support only)
Token /Options	Description
/dtokils	Display installed token-based activation issuance licenses.
/rtokil:value	Uninstall an installed token-based activation issuance license with user-provided license id (as displayed by the /dtokils option). Value parameter applies.
/stokflag	Set token-based activation only flag. (Windows 7 support only)
/ctokflag	Clear token-based activation only flag. (Windows 7 support only)
/dtokcerts	Display token-based activation certificates.
/tokact:value1:value2	Token activate with a user-provided thumbprint (as displayed by the /dtokcerts option) and a user-provided PIN (optional). Value parameter applies.