retrieve product key for office 365

Anonymous
2013-08-30T15:14:08+00:00

how can I retrieve a product key for Office 365 that was lost

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Anonymous
2013-08-31T10:40:57+00:00

Hi Helen,

I would need more details to assist you:

How was Office 365 purchased and from where?

Which Office 365 product did you purchase?

Did you register for Office 365 suite using the product key for the first time?

Are you installing Office 365 for the first time?

If not, a Product Key is only needed to set up your Microsoft account for the first time. Once you’ve set up a Microsoft account, you can install or reinstall Office at any time by visiting office.com/myaccount and signing in with your Microsoft account.

Let us know the details and hope the information is helpful.

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-09-18T22:51:01+00:00

    this seems like a straight forward question?  we can install 365 on 5 computers. I've only installed it on 3 computers. I need to install it on a forth computer but I've misplaced my card with the product key.  I bought the product via the ms store.  who do I recover the product key so I can install the product legally on another computer?

    thanks

    John

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-12-08T17:19:25+00:00

    I purchased Office 365 Personal for 12 months from Microsoft Store on December 6th, 2015.

    I would like to obtain the Product Key in case I have a problem.

    The reason, I had Office Home and Business 2013 and lost the program. Fortunately, I had the Product Key as Microsoft told me that they would not re-install Office Home and Business 2013 without the key. So I would very much like the Product Key for Office 365 Personal.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-11-24T19:02:35+00:00

    Sorry, that is not the sort of problem we can help with. No one on this forum has access to the MS online system.

    Unfortunately that means you have to contact MS Support.  This is not a "simple" or "standard" problem that is likely to appear on the standard trouble shooting check list that front line support works from. Give them a chance, but just keep asking to be transferred to a supervisor.  At the start of the conversation, ask for a trouble ticket number. In theory they are supposed to record information from your session so that in practice when they "accidentally" hang up on you forcing you to call back you can provide the trouble ticket number to get a head start and hopefully avoid some of the stupid repetitive  check list questions (too bad it doesn't always work that way ... ). Personally, for this sort of "non-standard" issue I prefer to use the online chat version of support. That way you can save the date/time stamped transcript so when someone asks a repeat question you can just copy and paste your reply ... <grin>.

    Online chat support:**http://answerdesk.microsoftstore.com/AnswerTech**

    I recently used online chat support myself. I found it had several advantages over phone support, even though you still contact the same outsourced, support personnel:

    • No ESL accent issues
    • Provides you with an instant time stamped transcript
    • When you get transferred to the “right” person, they can review the history
    • If they don’t read the history, you can copy / paste the past conversation to them, saving you having to repeat yourself
    • They are more likely to go off line to ask other people for help (good for you)
    • You don’t have to listen to “elevator muzak” when they are off line
    • You have 2 hands free to surf the web when they are not talking to you.

    For some reason, I found that waiting for online chat responses intrinsically LESS  frustrating than listening to elevator muzak.

    Make sure to copy the text from the chat window and save it before closing the chat window. It is handy to have a timestamped copy of the conversation, if only to publish it on the internet ... <evil grin>


    An Example of another Good Reason for preferring online Chat - “Amazon’s customer service backdoor

    https://medium.com/@espringe/amazon-s-customer-service-backdoor-be375b3428c4#.lqxcfockn


    A tale of woe. This guy’s information was social engineered from the Amazon help desk, 3 TIMES. Lucky for him, the first 2 times it was on online chat so he got transcripts of those chats.


    Amazon lost a $600 / month AWS user, and frequent shopper.


    Microsoft Online Electronic Software Download (ESD) Support

    http://support.microsoft.com/gp/esdentryoffice

    Sorry to be part of the finger pointing merry-go-round. But there are no official published fixes from MS for your problem. We can provide generic answers. You have to pester MS for help or ask for your money back.

    Many Microsoft products and product upgrades can be purchased via a retail store or online, then downloaded to your computer as an Electronic Software Download. In addition to buying your Microsoft product directly from Microsoft, you may have purchased it from another company. Please select the appropriate issue below to get assistance:

    I need assistance with downloading electronic software that I purchased from an Online Retailer.

    I am unable to find my product key (25 character alpha numeric product key) or my product key did not work.

    I need assistance installing a downloaded product or I’ve already successfully installed the product and need technical support.

    I need assistance with my PIN (27 character alpha numeric PIN) .

    None of the issues above describe my issue or question.


    Shortcut to “ALL” Support options, learn more and lifecycle information for Office 2007/2010.

    http://support.microsoft.com/gp/gp\_off\_main

    Virtual Agent for Microsoft Office 365 - Billing Support phone number

    Online chat support: http://answerdesk.microsoftstore.com/AnswerTech


    Good luck, you'll need probably need it ...

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-06-13T14:53:27+00:00

    If you purchased a PC that featured a 'free' fully functioning version of MS Office, and you were provided with the Key with the PC paperwork, and you have failed to Activate Office on that PC, and then jumped through the extra hoops to associate that installation with an MS account, then you have lost Office

    Or, do you mean that you purchased separately an Office Key card from a store, and if so do you have the physical purchase receipt?

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