10/12/23, 1:27 PM Legal way to use Office 365 totally FREE without paying a dime - MS Guides

Works Where You Write

Grammarly for Windows and Mac works where you do your most important Install
writing. Install now. Grammarly

MS Guides
Using Microsoft software products for FREE

Works Acr

Grammarly

MICROSOFT SOFTWARE PRODUCTS

Legal way to use Office 365 totally FREE

without paying a dime

https://msguides.com/office-365 1/26
10/12/23, 1:27 PM Legal way to use Office 365 totally FREE without paying a dime - MS Guides

In a previous post here, I have shown you guys how to download and install Office
365 Multi-language using online installer downloaded directly from the Microsoft
homepage. The new installation includes a 30-day free trial license by default. After
that, most important features will be disabled. It means your work will be
discontinued unless you pay for Office 365 subscription. If you are in financial
difficulties, this is so bad, I know. To help you overcome this problem, I recommend
using KMS licene key to activate your Office. For those of you guys who don’t
already know, KMS license is almost similar to the trial one. It is totally free, legal and
is valid for 180 days only. But don’t worry about the period because it can be
renewed easily.

Contents
Remove your current trial license
Make sure your computer is ready
Activating your Office 365 using KMS client key
1. Manual method
2. Using batch script
How to renew your Office 365 license

Remove your current trial license

This step is optional if your trial license was expired. However, if it is still valid, you
need to remove it. Because in some cases, after you activate your Office using KMS
license, important features are resumed but the expiration notification still remains.
Follow the instructions in this post to uninstall the trial license.

Make sure your computer is ready

You need to check your internet connection again and make sure that the Windows
Update service is turned on. KMS license has to be verified by making a connection
to my KMS servers before it can be used. So you need to check if the KMS server is
blocked or not. This is pretty simple. Just open your internet browser and try visitting
this site: http://kms8.msguides.com. If it is visible, this means my KMS server is not
blocked.

https://msguides.com/office-365 2/26
10/12/23, 1:27 PM Legal way to use Office 365 totally FREE without paying a dime - MS Guides

Activating your Office 365 using KMS client key

1. Manual method
Step 1.1: Open command prompt as admin.
First, you need to open command prompt with admin rights, then follow the
instruction below step by step. Just copy/paste the commands and do not forget to
hit Enter in order to execute them.

open cmd as admin

https://msguides.com/office-365 3/26
10/12/23, 1:27 PM Legal way to use Office 365 totally FREE without paying a dime - MS Guides

Step 1.2: Navigate to your Office folder.

If you install your Office in the ProgramFiles folder, the path will be
“%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office16” or “%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft
Office\Office16”. It depends on the architecture of the Windows OS you are using. If
you are not sure of this issue, don’t worry, just run both of the commands above.
One of them will be not executed and an error message will be printed on the
screen.

cd /d %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office16
cd /d %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office16

Open your Office folder

Step 1.3: Convert your Office license to volume one if possible.

If your Office is got from Microsoft, this step is required. On the contrary, if you
install Office from a Volume ISO file, this is optional so just skip it if you want.

for /f %x in ('dir /b ..\root\Licenses16\proplusvl_kms*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs

/inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\%x"

https://msguides.com/office-365 4/26
10/12/23, 1:27 PM Legal way to use Office 365 totally FREE without paying a dime - MS Guides

Convert Office license

Step 1.4: Use KMS client key to activate your Office.

Make sure your PC is connected to the internet, then run the following command.

cscript ospp.vbs /inpkey:XQNVK-8JYDB-WJ9W3-YJ8YR-WFG99

cscript ospp.vbs /unpkey:BTDRB >nul
cscript ospp.vbs /unpkey:KHGM9 >nul
cscript ospp.vbs /unpkey:CPQVG >nul
cscript ospp.vbs /sethst:e8.us.to
cscript ospp.vbs /setprt:1688
cscript ospp.vbs /act

If you see the error 0xC004F074, it means that your internet connection is unstable
or the server is busy. Please make sure your device is online and try the command
“act” again until you succeed.

https://msguides.com/office-365 5/26
10/12/23, 1:27 PM Legal way to use Office 365 totally FREE without paying a dime - MS Guides

Here is all the text you will get in the command prompt window.

C:\Windows\system32>cd /d %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office16

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cd /d %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft
Office\Office16
The system cannot find the path specified.
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>for /f %x in ('dir /b
..\root\Licenses16\proplusvl_kms*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs
/inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\%x"
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs
/inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\ProPlusVL_KMS_Client-ppd.xrm-ms"
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
---Processing--------------------------
Installing Office license: ..\root\licenses16\proplusvl_kms_client-ppd.xrm-ms
Office license installed successfully.
---Exiting-----------------------------
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs
/inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\ProPlusVL_KMS_Client-ul-oob.xrm-ms"
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
---Processing--------------------------
Installing Office license: ..\root\licenses16\proplusvl_kms_client-ul-oob.xrm-ms
Office license installed successfully.
---Exiting-----------------------------
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs
/inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\ProPlusVL_KMS_Client-ul.xrm-ms"
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
---Processing--------------------------
Installing Office license: ..\root\licenses16\proplusvl_kms_client-ul.xrm-ms
Office license installed successfully.
---Exiting-----------------------------
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inpkey:XQNVK-8JYDB-WJ9W3-
YJ8YR-WFG99
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
---Processing--------------------------

---Exiting-----------------------------
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /unpkey:BTDRB >nul
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /unpkey:KHGM9 >nul
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /unpkey:CPQVG >nul
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /sethst:e8.us.to
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
---Processing--------------------------
Successfully applied setting.
---Exiting-----------------------------

https://msguides.com/office-365 6/26
10/12/23, 1:27 PM Legal way to use Office 365 totally FREE without paying a dime - MS Guides

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /setprt:1688

Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
---Processing--------------------------
Successfully applied setting.
---Exiting-----------------------------
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /act
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
---Processing--------------------------
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

---Exiting-----------------------------
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>

Activate Office using KMS key manually

2. Using batch script

This one is not recommended anymore due to the new update of Microsoft.

https://msguides.com/office-365 7/26
10/12/23, 1:27 PM Legal way to use Office 365 totally FREE without paying a dime - MS Guides

Step 2.1: Copy the code below into a new text document.

@echo off
title Activate Office 365 ProPlus for FREE - MSGuides.com&cls&echo
=====================================================================================&ech
o #Project: Activating Microsoft software products for FREE without additional
software&echo
=====================================================================================&ech
o.&echo #Supported products: Office 365 ProPlus (x86-x64)&echo.&echo.&(if exist
"%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office16\ospp.vbs" cd /d "%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft
Office\Office16")&(if exist "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office16\ospp.vbs" cd
/d "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office16")&(for /f %%x in ('dir /b
..\root\Licenses16\proplusvl_kms*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs
/inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\%%x" >nul)&(for /f %%x in ('dir /b
..\root\Licenses16\proplusvl_mak*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs
/inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\%%x" >nul)&echo.&echo
============================================================================&echo
Activating your Office...&cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /ckms >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs
/setprt:1688 >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /unpkey:WFG99 >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs
/unpkey:DRTFM >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /unpkey:BTDRB >nul&set i=1&cscript //nologo
ospp.vbs /inpkey:XQNVK-8JYDB-WJ9W3-YJ8YR-WFG99 >nul||cscript //nologo ospp.vbs
/inpkey:NMMKJ-6RK4F-KMJVX-8D9MJ-6MWKP >nul||goto notsupported
:skms
if %i% GTR 10 goto busy
if %i% EQU 1 set KMS=kms7.MSGuides.com
if %i% EQU 2 set KMS=e8.us.to
if %i% EQU 3 set KMS=e9.us.to
if %i% GTR 3 goto ato
cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /sethst:%KMS% >nul

https://msguides.com/office-365 8/26
10/12/23, 1:27 PM Legal way to use Office 365 totally FREE without paying a dime - MS Guides

:ato
echo
============================================================================&echo.&echo.&
cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /act | find /i "successful" && (echo.&echo
============================================================================&echo.&echo
#My official blog: MSGuides.com&echo.&echo #How it works: bit.ly/kms-server&echo.&echo
#Please feel free to contact me at [email protected] if you have any questions or
concerns.&echo.&echo #Please consider supporting this project: donate.msguides.com&echo
#Your support is helping me keep my servers running 24/7!&echo.&echo
============================================================================&choice /n /c
YN /m "Would you like to visit my blog [Y,N]?" & if errorlevel 2 exit) || (echo The
connection to my KMS server failed! Trying to connect to another one... & echo Please
wait... & echo. & echo. & set /a i+=1 & goto skms)
explorer "http://MSGuides.com"&goto halt
:notsupported
echo
============================================================================&echo.&echo
Sorry, your version is not supported.&echo.&goto halt
:busy
echo
============================================================================&echo.&echo
Sorry, the server is busy and can't respond to your request. Please try again.&echo.
:halt
pause >nul

create a new text file

Step 2.2: Save it as a batch file. (eg. office365.cmd).

https://msguides.com/office-365 9/26
10/12/23, 1:27 PM Legal way to use Office 365 totally FREE without paying a dime - MS Guides

Save the text file

https://msguides.com/office-365 10/26
10/12/23, 1:27 PM Legal way to use Office 365 totally FREE without paying a dime - MS Guides

Set name of the batch file

Step 2.3: Run the batch file with admin rights. (important!).

Run the batch file as admin

Done! Your Office is activated successfully.

https://msguides.com/office-365 11/26
10/12/23, 1:27 PM Legal way to use Office 365 totally FREE without paying a dime - MS Guides

Successfully activate Office 365

Note:

I only test this method with Office 365 ProPlus version. I am not sure it will work
with the others.
Step 3 is flagged “important” because the UAC system will stop this process if
you don’t do it.

How to renew your Office 365 license

By default, your license will be renewed automaticaly every seven days but in some
cases, it can be stuck. So you need to renew the license manually. Just follow
instructions here.

https://msguides.com/office-365 12/26
10/12/23, 1:27 PM Legal way to use Office 365 totally FREE without paying a dime - MS Guides

If you would have any questions or concerns, please leave your comments. I would
be glad to explain in more details. Thank you so much for all your feedback and
support!

5/5 - (1199 votes)

https://msguides.com/office-365 13/26
10/12/23, 1:27 PM Legal way to use Office 365 totally FREE without paying a dime - MS Guides

#free trial license of office 365 #how to activate microsoft office 365 #microsoft office

#using office 365 without subscription

Always Smile

I am Guang, a freelancer and a blogger. I'm currently managing KMS

system, MSGuides blog and 2 tech Youtube channels.

→ View all my posts | Support my projects

PREVIOUS NEXT

Install and activate Office 2019 for FREE How to install and use Project / Visio
legally using Volume license (2016/2019/2021) without product key

Similar Posts

Activating all versions of Install and activate Office

Windows Server without a 2019 for FREE legally using

https://msguides.com/office-365 14/26
10/12/23, 1:27 PM Legal way to use Office 365 totally FREE without paying a dime - MS Guides

product key Volume license

Leave a Reply
Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Comment *

Name *

Email *

Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.

Post Comment

Confirm you are NOT a spammer

https://msguides.com/office-365 15/26
10/12/23, 1:27 PM Legal way to use Office 365 totally FREE without paying a dime - MS Guides

1,046 Comments

Older comments

Lemonies says:
October 3, 2023 at 5:15 AM

whoo-hoo! it worked on 5th chance!

thanks, now i am free to freedom!

Reply

Dhanush says:
October 2, 2023 at 5:25 AM

Sir is this lifetime free or the 6 months free

Reply

Richard says:
September 28, 2023 at 5:24 AM

Sir, hats off, that is genious, thank you so much! It saved me so much time and
nerves, thank you!

Reply

Erik B says:
September 11, 2023 at 6:15 AM

https://msguides.com/office-365 16/26
10/12/23, 1:27 PM Legal way to use Office 365 totally FREE without paying a dime - MS Guides

The command prompt output said activation was successful, but Excel says it is still
unlicensed.
When I enter the same license key number under “I already have a license key”,
Microsoft tells me it is for Office 2016, not Office 365.

Reply

Erik B says:
September 11, 2023 at 6:19 AM

Could it be that you recently updated license keys and happened to paste the
same license key for Office 16 and Office 365?

Reply

Saad Usman says:

September 10, 2023 at 7:47 AM

Perfect

Reply

joan arc says:

September 4, 2023 at 8:40 PM

thank you very much before this i use wps and honestly wps is s**t compare to
office so thank you so much kind sir / maam

Reply

https://msguides.com/office-365 17/26
10/12/23, 1:27 PM Legal way to use Office 365 totally FREE without paying a dime - MS Guides

William Stoffner says:

September 3, 2023 at 1:49 PM

Love your website.

Could you also make a tutorial for total noobs on how to create a person KMS server
on their PC?

Reply

Frank says:
August 22, 2023 at 9:01 PM

Great, thank you very much sir.

Reply

Tonnie says:
August 19, 2023 at 1:39 AM

Really Great!!!

Reply

Senu says:
August 16, 2023 at 6:30 AM

Thanks for your help. I activated MS Office 365 with MS Office LTSC Professional Plus
2021 instead of MS Office Professional Plus 2016. With the help of your MS Office
2021 activation blog. Is there any problem activating MS Office 365 with MS Office
LTSC Professional Plus 2021? That said, is it good to activate Office 365 with MS
Office LTSC Pro Plus 2021 or not?
https://msguides.com/office-365 18/26
10/12/23, 1:27 PM Legal way to use Office 365 totally FREE without paying a dime - MS Guides

Reply

ittwerk says:
August 11, 2023 at 10:00 PM

how to fix ERROR CODE: 0x80070005

Reply

Dharshani says:
August 8, 2023 at 11:16 PM

When i activate, in the last step it says: ERROR CODE: 0xC004E015

ERROR DESCRIPTION: The Software Licensing Service reported that license
consumption failed.

Reply

Vivek says:
August 6, 2023 at 11:40 AM

Very helpful. Software got fixed ultimately

Reply

Paul says:
July 16, 2023 at 3:00 PM

Hello, i have the same problem as Monde Waldemar. I’ve tried this on my windows
11 on microsoft 365 but it doesnt work. the cmd says product activation successfull

https://msguides.com/office-365 19/26
10/12/23, 1:27 PM Legal way to use Office 365 totally FREE without paying a dime - MS Guides

but when i open an office product it shows unlicensed product and i cannot use it. I
would really like the owner website or someone to help me to resolve that problem.

Reply

Senu says:
August 16, 2023 at 7:14 AM

When you activate the office already open the Word or Excel. Then, after
activating close the Word or Excel that you open. Now, Open word or Excel, Finally
You can see Product was activated

Reply

Erik B says:
September 11, 2023 at 6:10 AM

For me, that did not help. When I enter the license number given on this page
Microsoft tells me that it is for Office 2016 and not for Office 365, which
somehow makes sense, as 365 is a subscription. But the header on this page
says it is for Microsoft 365, so I don’t know if I am doing something wrong.
I reacted already from start to the fact that it said Office16 in the path names,
but then I saw that was actually the only Office folder on my disk, obviously
used by the Office 365 trial as well. So I think it is only the presented license
that does not work for Office 365.

Reply

Monde Waldemar says:

July 14, 2023 at 3:03 AM

https://msguides.com/office-365 20/26
10/12/23, 1:27 PM Legal way to use Office 365 totally FREE without paying a dime - MS Guides

Hello, I’ve tried this on my windows 11 microsoft 365 but it doesnt work. the cmd
says product activation successfull but when i open word or excel i still see the
unlicensed product and i cannot use it. I would really appreciate your help

Reply

Senu says:
August 16, 2023 at 6:35 AM

When you activate the office already open the Word or Excel. Then, after
activating close the Word or Excel that you open. Now, Open word or Excel, Finally
You can see Product was activated

Reply

alok says:
June 27, 2023 at 2:50 AM

The connection to my KMS server failed! Trying to connect to another one…

Reply

Asad says:
June 26, 2023 at 4:50 AM

what to do in sign in?

Reply

https://msguides.com/office-365 21/26
10/12/23, 1:27 PM Legal way to use Office 365 totally FREE without paying a dime - MS Guides

Peter says:
June 22, 2023 at 2:21 AM

there is a trojan into the script

Reply

Doncan says:
September 2, 2023 at 9:09 PM

why?

Reply

tarek anonymous says:

June 18, 2023 at 12:04 PM

i keep getting error messages of

30175-45 (1289)

error 0- 2031 (17002)‫ه نثثح‬

Reply

Atul says:
June 30, 2023 at 6:42 AM

Run cmd as Run as Administrator then try the steps mentioned

Reply

https://msguides.com/office-365 22/26
10/12/23, 1:27 PM Legal way to use Office 365 totally FREE without paying a dime - MS Guides

RD says:
June 14, 2023 at 9:14 AM

It shows as Office 2016

Reply

joe king says:

June 10, 2023 at 2:18 PM

you saved me time thank you so much sir

Reply

Sofia Mendes says:

June 9, 2023 at 2:39 PM

Worked fine, thanks

(PS I has Office 365 and it switched to 2016 lol)

Reply

Alhamdulillah says:
June 9, 2023 at 2:09 PM

great job ‘
you make it

Reply

https://msguides.com/office-365 23/26
10/12/23, 1:27 PM Legal way to use Office 365 totally FREE without paying a dime - MS Guides

Boju says:
June 8, 2023 at 4:48 AM

For me its work only for 1st document open. Uf i close document and open 1 more
time still i get message “4 days left”

Reply

Muhammad says:
June 5, 2023 at 11:21 PM

Really helpful, work for me

Reply

User 1 says:
June 4, 2023 at 10:15 PM

What to do if “kms8.msguides.com refused to connect”?

Reply

Alhamdulillah says:
June 9, 2023 at 2:10 PM

try again
its network problem

Reply

https://msguides.com/office-365 24/26
10/12/23, 1:27 PM Legal way to use Office 365 totally FREE without paying a dime - MS Guides

mohamed janati says:

May 31, 2023 at 5:25 AM

thank you very much it worked

Reply

Older comments

Search …

RECENT POSTS

Easy ways to activate Windows 11 for FREE without a product key

Get Office 2021 for FREE without a product key

Activating all versions of Windows Server without a product key

How to install and use Project / Visio (2016/2019/2021) without product key

Legal way to use Office 365 totally FREE without paying a dime

Install and activate Office 2019 for FREE legally using Volume license

CATEGORIES
Computer Tips
https://msguides.com/office-365 25/26
10/12/23, 1:27 PM Legal way to use Office 365 totally FREE without paying a dime - MS Guides

Microsoft Software Products

About Contact
© 2023 MS Guides
Privacy Policy

https://msguides.com/office-365 26/26