▷ How to fix Office activation error code 2016 0xC004F074

When activating the Office client 2016 volume licensed, Error 0xC004F074 is reported. The exact error message is »The Software Licensing Service determined that the Key Management Service (KMS) specified cannot be used. Error code 0xC004F074 «

Sometimes, the problem could have been caused only by the problem of time and date synchronization in the system. Sometimes it's a DNS update problem or maybe Office 2013 Y 2016 co-hosted on the same server. Here, in this article, we will see if one of the above is the problem and the steps to resolve it.

Office activation error 2016

Method 1: download and install the latest Microsoft Office Volume Licensing Pack 2016

As mentioned in the Microsoft support article, if your system is a co-host of the Office KMS host 2013 y del host KMS de Office 2016 and the operating system is Windows 7 o Windows Server 2008 R2, you might get this error. This is an error and downloading and installing the latest Volume Licensing package will fix the problem.

Method 2: disable and re-enable DNS host

Sometimes we can face this error due to DNS not updating and it would be helpful to disable and enable DNS publishing. To disable DNS publishing, we can use the script »Slmgr.vbs«, However, you can do it manually by following the steps below.

1. Press the Windows key and type Regedit. Now, in search results, right-click on Registry Editor and select Run as administrator. Open Registry Editor as administrator

2. Now in the registry editor, go to

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsNTCurrentVersionNSoftwareProtectionPlatform

3. Create a new DWORD value called »DisableDnsPublishing» and set its value to 1. This will disable DNS posting.

4. To re-enable DNS publishing, set the value of this key to 0. And see if you can activate Office 2016.

Method 3: check system date and time

Your client's system date and time may be out of sync with the server and it could also be an error 0xC004F074 during Office client activation 2016. It is observed that if the system time on the client computer and the system time on the KMS host differ by more than 4 hours, this error occurs. To troubleshoot system date and time synchronization problems, it is recommended to use the time source Network Time Protocol (NTP). You can also configure the Active Directory service to synchronize the time between client and server systems on the network..

Method 4: check firewall settings on server host

And $ 0027 Key Management Service (TCP-In) – All the $ 0027 y Key Management Service (TCP-In) – Domain are not enabled on your KMS host, then you will have the Office activation error 2016 actual. Enabling that service in the Firewall settings may solve the problem.

1. Start the firewall configuration on your KMS host.

2. Now, in the left pane of the window, go to Inbound Rules.

3. Now, in the right pane of the window, filter by Key Management Service.

4. You will have 2 values

    Key management service (TCP-In) - Domain Key Management Service (TCP-In) - Everyone 

   Enable the key management service

5. If either of these two services is disabled, enable it.