Has anyone found a deployable solution that will remove/disable the above options? It looks cluttered at best, and exposes us to data leakage at worst.
So far, I have found no way to remove these elements apart from going to the registry and removing the ability to use online services/the sign-in option completely, which then renders the software useless because it can't be activated. The first is our OneDrive (Corporate) subscription, which we don't (want to) use, the second is our Sharepoint subscription, which we don't use for file storage, and the third is their personal OneDrive should they wish to sign in as that.
However, the Office 2016 applications themselves take no notice of this, because the user is signed into the applications (and has to be to activate their license), they see the following options in their 'Save As' dialog box: We have also removed the OneDrive client itself from the standard image so it's not present even if someone tries to use it/login.
On our standard Windows 10 build we have configured the GPO which states "Prevent the use of OneDrive for file storage". Microsoft's 'Cloud Strategy' started to get in the way. Users logged in and activated the software without a problem, that is, until
We deployed the software as part of our standard build, which is Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB. The user just needs to login to active it again.We recently updated all of our users to Office 365 (2016) using Enterprise E3 licenses. If you need to activate a new license, you can just restart an Office program.
The command if you are using CMD: cscript "%Programfiles%\Microsoft Office\Office16\OSPP.VBS" /unpkey: Activating the license of the new user Replace with the 5 characters of the product key: cscript "$Env:Programfiles\Microsoft Office\Office16\OSPP.VBS" /unpkey: Run the command below to remove the license that is or is about to expire. Take a note of the 5 last characters of the product key that we need to remove. The output of the command looks like below. There could be more than one key listed, so look for a license with a REMAINING GRACE or Grace Periode Expired line just above the last 5 characters of the product key. If you are using CMD then run the following cmd: cscript "%Programfiles%\Microsoft Office\Office16\OSPP.VBS" /dstatus 3. If you are using PowerShell run the following command to list activated licenses: cscript "$Env:Programfiles\Microsoft Office\Office16\OSPP.VBS" /dstatus Click on Start and type PowerShell and right click on the icon. Open PowerShell or CMDįirst, we need to open PowerShell or CMD in Administrator mode. You can use PowerShell or CMD for the steps below: 1. Removing the old Office 365 license from the computer is really simple. Here you see on the right side under the Office 365 Logo Belongs To. Here you see an overview of the devices on which the license is used.Īnother way to check who’s license is used for the Office Installation is to open Word or Outlook and go the File > Office Account Now to check if the computer in question is licensed by this user you can log in to Office 365 and goto the My Account page. During this grace period, you can buy / re-assign the license to the new user. When you remove the user and revoke the license then within 90-days the installed Office 2016 will no longer work.
In Office 365 the licenses are assigned to a user. So how can we remove the Office 365 license from this computer? Finding out the real problemįirst I wanted to know why the license was not working anymore. The problem was that the registered license belonged to a user that was no longer working at our company and that license was revoked. After clicking reactivated a warning came up that “ there was a problem with your Office 365 subscription, and we need your help to fix it“. One of my users got a notice in Office 2016 that he needed to reactivate his Office 365 subscription.