Existing Office ProPlus installations activated using Device Based Activation will continue to work (indefinitely per Microsoft) after the May 31, 2020 deadline. New Office Pro Plus deployments after May 31, 2020 will need to be activated using the new Device Based Subscription method.

• Windows 10 1803 or Newer
• Computer must be Azure Hybrid Domain Joined. Note: All Windows 10 machines 1803 or newer that are joined to a domain in the Colostate.edu forest are automatically Azure Hybrid Domain Joined

In addition to the requirements listed above, the currently installed Office Pro Plus DBA version must be v1907 or higher. If the prerequisites are met, the change can be made manually with a single registry key, via Group Policy, or ConfigMgr.

Manual (via Registry):

• Edit or Create the following Registry Key:
  HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\ClickToRun\
  Configuration\O365ProPlusRetail.DeviceBasedLicensing
• Set the value = 1

Group Policy:

• The required setting is available in version 4909.1000 (or later) of the ADMX/ADML templates for Office 365 ProPlus from the Microsoft Download Center
• Policy Name: “Use a device-based license for Office 365 Pro Plus”.
• Policy Location: Computer Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\Microsoft Office 2016 (Machine)\Licensing Settings.

Config Mgr:

• Create a Configuration Baseline to check for the above registry key and a Remediation script to create desired the key/value.

Please refer to Deploying Office 365 ProPlus Device-based Licensing for EDU for information about Deploying Office Pro Plus using DBS.

DBS can be installed on a master image, using setup.exe and the config.xml file. Mikael Nystrom has an old-but-still-good post on how to do this use MDT at https://deploymentbunny.com/2013/12/08/nice-to-know-put-office365-click-to-run-in-the-ref-image-using-mdt-2013/

Yes. Please refer to the Configuration_DBS.xml example posted to the "Files" section of CSU Cross Campus Support channel by Bill Becker (ACNS). To build your own, please use the online Office Customization Tool.

No, an activation script and tenant/department keys (previously required for DBA) are no longer needed! Installation simply consists of: "setup.exe /configure configuration.xml"

1. Navigate to https://portal.azure.com and log in with your eID (ename@colostate.edu)
2. Click "Azure Active Directory" under the "Azure Services" heading
3. Click "Devices"
4. Search for the applicable device by name.

No special licensing is required. Licensing for Office Pro Plus activated using Device Based Subscription is included in CSU's Office 365 licensing and can be used for CSU-owned computers. If the version of Windows installed on a computer meets the minimum requirements and the computer is successfully Hybrid Domain joined, it will automatically be licensed for Device Based Subscription.

ACNS is investigating options for non-domain joined computers. At this time, available options include using one of an end user's 5 allocated licenses or installing the ISO version of Office.

As noted, DBS requires the device to be either Hybrid AAD joined, or AAD-joined in order to activate. Freshly-imaged machines, however, won't be hybrid-joined right away. After computer accounts are joined to a domain in the Colostate forest, they are synchronized with Azure every 30 minutes and tit may take an additional 15 minutes or so before they are visible in Azure. If you launch an Office application prior to the account being joined to Azure, it will still work. Once it gets joined, it will show Office as being owned by "this device". Renaming a computer also doesn't seem to cause any problems. There is some very good installation/deployment information at Deploying Office 365 ProPlus Device-based Licensing for EDU.