activate office 2013 retail without microsoft account
Office 2013 H&B Retail activation without an AD Users MS Account. Updated 18/11/2014 because MS changed everything again. Because I support users in a fair few countries, I run into some interesting localization issues.Microsoft tends to be the biggest offender, and Office 2013 H&B is the latest culprit. Simply put, when you buy Office 2013 Retail in the US, activation REQUIRES a Microsoft Account.Even though there is an option to Activate with a Product Key instead, selecting this takes the user to a website to log in with or create a Microsoft account.This is because MS want to tie the license to the User, NOT the PC, as was the case with Office 2010.heck that the Office installation is activated. Log in as the end user, then repeat the above steps from the **. You should see Product Activated. And there you have it, Office Retail activated for an AD user without creating an MS Account for them.