How to Activate MS Office 2013 Using KMS

Until the Key Management Service (KMS) host has a count of 25, Windows 7 client computers cannot be activated. On the KMS host computer, run Slmgr.vbs and use the `/dli` command-line option to determine the host's current count. Verify that the KMS activation threshold is met.

If your KMS client computer does not activate, you can try running Slmgr.vbs and using the `/dli` command-line option on the KMS client computer. On the KMS client computer, open the System control panel, and look for the Windows is activated message.

In case of troubleshooting issues with KMS and DNS, you can refer to the common troubleshooting procedures for KMS and DNS issues.

To set up Active Directory-Based activation, you must be running Windows Server 2012, Windows 8, or newer. For volume editions of Office 2013 client products, you do not need to install a product key as they are pre-installed with a Generic Volume License Key (GVLK) key, which supports automatic activation for both KMS and Active Directory-Based Activation.

When an Office 2013 volume edition client is installed, it will automatically attempt to activate via either Active Directory by using its existing domain pairing or a DNS-discoverable KMS host on your organization network. If you want to activate volume license editions of Office 2013, Visio 2013, or Project 2013 with a KMS host or Active Directory-Based activation, you need to first install Office 2013 Volume License Pack.

It is not required to back up KMS host information. However, if you use the event log to track or document KMS activations, periodically export the Key Management Service event log from the Applications and Services Logs folder of Event Viewer. This will help prevent loss of activation history stored in the logs due to routine cleanup of event logs.

These license files are required for the KMS host service to recognize Office 2013 KMS host keys. You can download an executable file that will extract and install KMS host license files.

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