Hi all. I seem to have installed Office 2016 ok, but on first launch I get the MS activation window which fails...
Any ideas? Many thanks

I was in the same case as you,

I tried the phone activation and went well !

Oh dear, telephone activation is greyed out on mine, not supported by Office365
Any other ideas?

Workaround - I could activate by signing in via one of the apps, Excel in this case
EDIT - oh no, not activated

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Installing Internet Explorer into my Office 2016 bottle solved the issue for me!

You're a hero Tyler. CodeWeavers support could not give that answer, told me to reinstall every 10 days (!). All good now

When I install Internet Explorer 8 to my bottle my office UI became black and can't open any office files. It say my files corrupt but it doesn't. Office works perfectly without Internet Explorer 8. Anybody knows another way to activate Microsoft Office?

Hello all,

We have just released CrossOver 17.1 for macOS and Linux, which includes critical bug fixes for Office 2016 activation with Office 365 accounts. If you have experienced the problems described in this thread, please upgrade to 17.1 here (https://www.codeweavers.com/CX171) or contact our support team for more information.

Thank you for your patience as we have worked to resolve this issue.

Hana
CodeWeavers

Hello, for me installing IE8 did not help.

Anybody could give me a hint?
I am asked for my ADFS credentials, when trying to Sign In Office365, but then the credentials are never accepted, hence the product is not activated...

Any fresh ideas?
Thanks beforehand, Francisco.

Hi,

I'm having the same issue. Have installed firefox and internet explorer. At the sign in page for my institution, the page submits, but then nothing happens. Would really appreciate some assistance here if possible.

Thanks
Devan

https://www.codeweavers.com/CX171 leads to a 404 not found error

I'm having a similar issue on ubuntu 18.04.3 and crossover 18.5.0

When installing it I can activate office 2016 (It does sometimes complain that it can't verify the registration and quits but it next try it works). But when then installing that as a .deb it says I need to activate, but that then fails.

Hello

I tried Microsoft Office 2013 and Microsoft Office 2016, they are both failing activation.

I tried every single option available, and I tried installing IE 8, IE 9, IE 11, everything is failing.

I thought Microsoft Office was one of the most important applications from Crossover Office.
Do we have any updates on why these applications, 4 and 7 year old, are still not installing on your software?

Thanks

Hi,

Although the years suggest that Office 2016 is 4 years old, that is not accurate. Microsoft is constantly pushing out updates and often changes specifically the way activation works. They have also caused things to break on Office 2013, so we focus on 2016. We currently believe that "regular" activation for Office 2016/365 should be working with a 32-bit installer. This means users who have their Office license through Microsoft directly. Things like 2-factor activation and some portion of the myriad of different versions of Office licensed by various universities, businesses, etc do not work. We are not able to maintain support for every single method of Office activation, in part because of the complexity and wide variety of activation types, and in part because Microsoft is constantly changing how those activation methods work, so the target is constantly moving.

This does not mean that we do not care about Microsoft Office support (we do care!), but hopefully it explains why not every user is able to activate Office 2013/2016/365 depending on what specific installer/license/activation style/etc they have access to.

Thanks,
Anna