Office Activation

Thank you for your reply.

I have tested the script manually on the user’s machine, and it is working fine. The user can double-click the script to run the activation batch file and activate the Office license with user/ administrator permission. This confirms that both the XML and activation script are functional.

However, my BigFix server is running without an internet connection, while the user’s workstation accesses the internet through a proxy. The error code 0x80072ee2 seems to indicate an inability to access the internet. I am unsure why the script is not running with the user’s proxy settings.

Here are the details for reference:

Office2024Configuration.xml
The system automatically hides the XML script. I added a dot (“.”) at the beginning of each XML line.

<.Configuration ID=“17f1e89c-6700-4e56-845c-d612633dc323”>
<.Info Description=“Boss Company” />
<.Add OfficeClientEdition=“64” Channel=“PerpetualVL2024” SourcePath=“\\Server01\Share” Version=“16.0.17932.20328” AllowCdnFallback=“TRUE” MigrateArch=“TRUE”>
<.Product ID=“Standard2024Volume” PIDKEY=“XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX”>
<.Language ID=“en-us” />
<.Language ID=“zh-tw” />
<.ExcludeApp ID=“OneDrive” />
<.ExcludeApp ID=“OneNote” />
<.ExcludeApp ID=“Publisher” />
<./Product>
<.Product ID=“ProofingTools”>
<.Language ID=“zh-tw” />
<.Language ID=“en-us” />
<./Product>
<./Add>
<.Property Name=“SharedComputerLicensing” Value=“0” />
<.Property Name=“FORCEAPPSHUTDOWN” Value=“FALSE” />
<.Property Name=“DeviceBasedLicensing” Value=“0” />
<.Property Name=“SCLCacheOverride” Value=“0” />
<.Property Name=“AUTOACTIVATE” Value=“1” />
<.Updates Enabled=“TRUE” />
<.AppSettings>
<.Setup Name=“Company” Value=“Boss Company” />
<./AppSettings>
<.Display Level=“Full” AcceptEULA=“TRUE” />
<./Configuration>

Activation bat script
@echo off
c:
cd
cd .\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16
cscript ospp.vbs /act

Ignore the BigFix part.

If you want to upgrade to Office 2024 from Office 2019, I think you are doing the following steps:

  1. Removing Office 2019
  2. Transferring the Office 2024 ODT and Configuration file to the machine
  3. Start the Office 2024 Installation

If you are doing those steps manually, I still think you are getting the same result of the Activation status right?

Can you share the Configuration XML you are using and of course obscure the sensitive information?

You said that you are using MAK to Activate Office - please look into the Official Docs - Activate volume licensed versions of Office by using MAK - Office | Microsoft Learn