[MS Office 2016] Weird KMS issue.. Word, Powerpoint et al are legit, Visio is not?

[Garacesh]

I'm installing Office via WDS, I've added all the files to the WDS server and am using an application that points to a batch file containing START /WAIT "PRogramName Setup" /config .

I've activated the KMS key on our KMS server and am not supplying the config.xml with a PIDKEY.

 

Word, Powerpoint, etc all say they are activated.

 

I've used a similar config.xml with Visio as follows:

 

Yet Visio is saying it isn't activated.

 

Through trawling the internet I've discovered there are 2 versions of Visio.. VisioStdXVolume and VisioProXVolume.. But neither work.. I've tried both, and they both say I'm not legit.

 

Yet if I go to the Volume Licensing Service Centre and check my product keys, the KMS key for Visio 2016 is the exact same key as the KMS key for Office 2016..

 

What gives?

Edited May 16, 2016 by Garacesh

[3s-gtech]

Did you specifically license Visio? It doesn't come as part of Office Standard (or even Pro Plus) so the key that it shows may never work. Seems an odd way of it working though. Perhaps Visio need a separate KMS service? The KMS keys for it are:

 

Visio Professional 2016 - PD3PC-RHNGV-FXJ29-8JK7D-RJRJK

Visio Standard 2016 - 7WHWN-4T7MP-G96JF-G33KR-W8GF4

[Garacesh]

Visio Professional 2016 - PD3PC-RHNGV-FXJ29-8JK7D-RJRJK

Visio Standard 2016 - 7WHWN-4T7MP-G96JF-G33KR-W8GF4

Are these keys I should activate on the KMS server itself, or keys that I should feed to the Visio install as a way of saying "Check for KMS"?

[3s-gtech]

keys that I should feed to the Visio install as a way of saying "Check for KMS"?

 

This. Same as the Office KMS keys that you see on public sites - these are the freely available keys that tell the client to use DNS to look for a KMS server nearby. At a guess, you should be able to download the Visio KMS host - it should be that which takes your provided KMS keys.

[Garacesh]

This. Same as the Office KMS keys that you see on public sites - these are the freely available keys that tell the client to use DNS to look for a KMS server nearby. At a guess, you should be able to download the Visio KMS host - it should be that which takes your provided KMS keys.

 

Well I downloaded and installed the Microsoft Office 2016 Volume License Pack, which is how I got the Office 2016 key into the KMS Server, which says "If you want to activate volume license editions of Office 2016, Visio 2016, or Project 2016 with a KMS host or Active Directory-Based activation,"

 

I'll try feeding Visio the 'Hunt-for-KMS' key tomorrow, see if that works.

[3s-gtech]

In that case, the KMS client key should be sufficient, hopefully! Never licensed Visio myself, so will be interesting to know.

[Garacesh]

Visio Standard 2016 - 7WHWN-4T7MP-G96JF-G33KR-W8GF4

Well, what do you know, that works! Thanks!

Fed Office the generic KMS key (XQNVK-8JYDB-WJ9W3-YJ8YR-WFG99, if anyone needs it) too, just to be certain. Both are now saying Product Activated.