Volume activation of Office 2013

 

Applies to: Office 2013

Summary: Lists articles that provide information about how to plan and deploy volume activation for Office 2013.

Audience: IT Professionals

	If you’re activating a personal copy of Office 2013 install, see Activate Office 2013 programs instead.
	If you’re an admin at an enterprise and want to activate a volume license edition of Office 2013, you’re at the right place, keep reading.

Microsoft policy requires the activation of all editions of Office 2013 client software, including volume license editions. For Office 2013, volume activation occurs through Office Activation Technologies, which are based on the Software Protection Platform (SPP) that is used in Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2.

Important

This information applies to volume license editions of Office 2013. It does not apply to Office 365 ProPlus. Office 365 ProPlus is licensed through a subscription. For more information, see Office 365 ProPlus Deployment Guide.

The following table lists and describes articles about volume activation for Office 2013.

Articles about volume activation for Office 2013

Article	Description
Plan volume activation of Office 2013	Explains how to plan which methods to use for activating volume license editions of Office 2013.
KMS activation of Office 2013	Contains links to other topics that describe how to prepare and configure the Office 2013 client and the Office KMS host for volume activation.
Activate Office 2013 MAK clients	Describes how to prepare and configure the Office 2013 client for MAK volume activation.
Active Directory-based activation of Office 2013	Provides details about Active Directory-based activation of Office 2013.
Tools to manage Office 2013 volume activation	Provides details about the Office Software Protection Platform script (ospp.vbs) and the Software License Manage script (slmgr.vbs), and describes the Volume Activation Management Tool (VAMT) for volume license editions of Office 2013.
Troubleshoot volume activation for Office 2013	Explains how to troubleshoot common errors for volume activation of Office 2013.