Mar 28 2019 08:30 AM
After getting Windows Virtual Desktop up and running in Azure, I went to install a copy of Office (I have an E3 license via the O365 portal) and got the following message:
This copy of Microsoft Office cannot be used on a computer running Terminal Services. To use Microsoft Office on a computer running Terminal Services, you must use a Volume License edition.
I knew there was a requirement to have an E3 license, but I didn't see VL as part of the requirements. Is this always going to be a requirement, or is just something to work out related to the public preview? We purchase our licenses through the O365 portal.
Mar 28 2019 10:40 AM
@Christopher 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
Mar 28 2019 01:31 PM
@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.
Mar 28 2019 05:26 PM
@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:
Mar 29 2019 06:57 AM
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
Mar 29 2019 07:14 AM
have same problems. thanks!
Mar 29 2019 07:59 AM
@BrainGreenLab I think I figured out the trick. If you have the Office deployment tool push Office 2019 Enterprise, it seems to work. We'll see if it works long term with multiple users, but so far so good. I never could get the installer to work from a network share from a VM, so I just ran it straight on the client itself.
Apr 01 2019 08:08 AM
@Christopher AndersonYou can't use a Volume license unless you purchased licensing that way. Did they change the licensing terms because we were told we could not do that a few years ago? You would need a MKS and KMS license to activate it.
Seems weird they would require the volume license for a cloud offering like this.
Apr 02 2019 12:52 AM
@Christopher Anderson can you follow the steps in the article to troubleshoot any configuration issues with Shared Computer Activation?
Apr 02 2019 05:16 AM
@Christopher AndersonThis works when you install the license with "Shared activation" as an admin on the host. I tested it.
Apr 02 2019 05:24 AM
@Tim Settar Correct, I resolved this a couple days ago and took a screenshot of my office deployment config above.
Apr 02 2019 05:26 AM - edited Apr 02 2019 05:26 AM
@Christopher AndersonYes, but you don't need volume license to do it. I did it with office pro plus.
Apr 02 2019 05:27 AM
@Tim Settar Correct, I didn't have a VL either and it still worked.
Apr 02 2019 05:28 AM
@Christopher AndersonI did not use a VL in the config.