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Is the VL edition of Office a must for Windows Virtual Desktop?
MicrosoftChristopher Anderson Did you try with Shared Computer Activation (SCA)?
Here is an article to help troubleshoot licencing issues. Troubleshoot issues with shared computer activation for Office 365 ProPlus
Clint Covington I'm working through this, but admittedly this seems like it may be a workaround since it involves setting up a separate VM to run as the Office deployment machine, etc. The steps to do shared computer activation seems just as in-depth as the entire virtual desktop setup unless I'm missing something easy.
- Shubham Gupta (LICENSING)
Christopher Anderson Shared Computer Activation or SCA is the technology through which Office 365 E3 or Office 365 ProPlus gets licensed on a VM / remote desktop environment. Volume License keys are not supported on Office 365 ProPlus.
If you are deploying Office through Office Deployment Tool, you can set the SharedComputerLicensing property in the ODT xml to enable SCA:
<Property Name="SharedComputerLicensing" Value="1" />
This article also lists other ways of enabling Shared Computer Activation through Registry keys or deploying Group Policy:
I followed the steps to get Office installed via shared computer licensing, and Office gives me the same error. Here is the config file I used if you are curious. I think it has more to do with the version of Office being installed rather than the delivery method
have same problems. thanks!
