Update error code 30088-27 Office 2021 what to do to get corrected????

I can no longer do "online" activation...I have to do "phone" activation).

Ugh! Well, that's no fun!

In the interim, nothing seems to be working anyway so these efforts appear to be futile. They deleted an entire thread related to this error and the only suggestion they can muster is to roll back to a version that was released in May. No thanks!

That’s not a fix, at mist, it can be a workaround that forces PRIVACY settings on users and my even imposed the use of OneDrive that in many case is FORBIDDEN in some SMBs.

Between this nonsense and the sheer stupidity of trying to impose the use of Microsoft Accounts in Home and Pro versions of Windows, Microsoft CEOs should take a deeper look and maybe reverse some of his own stupidities. I like Gates’ and Ballmer’s Microsoft much better that this version.

In the interim, nothing seems to be working anyway so these efforts appear to be futile. They deleted an entire thread related to this error and the only suggestion they can muster is to roll back to a version that was released in May. No thanks!

The fact that their only 'solution' is to tell people to "roll back" to the May update (ie. Version 2405, Build 17628.20110) tells me (and everyone else) three things. First, that they are aware...extremely aware...of the problem. Second, that they know EXACTLY which update caused the problem (which also means they probably know exactly which coding changes led to the problem). And, third, that they have NO intention to fix the problem. As I said in my last comment, their ONLY concern right now is finishing up Office 2024, and getting it released. I'm willing to bet that at least 95% of the Office team is working on Office 2024, with less than 5% of the team left to 'update' previous versions.

Unfortunately, this is how Microsoft operates. Whenever they are getting close to releasing a new retail version (meaning, not just a "major update" of an already-released product) of something, they seriously slack-off in everything related to older versions of that product. They shift as many people as possible t the 'new' project, leaving nothing more than a "skeleton crew" to manage any problems with said older products. Microsoft has followed this SOP for many years...although, it has also gotten much worse since Bill Gates stepped down as CEO. When he was in charge, problems like this rarely happened.

The fact that their only 'solution' is to tell people to "roll back" to the May update (ie. Version 2405, Build 17628.20110).....

And that solution is pretty poor since the issue still exists with that build. I actually did just try a roll back to Build 17628.20110 and I still get the error code with that version (how is that possible?).

Clearly, they broke something with that previous update and whatever they broke is NOT resolved by reverting to an earlier build. I think what really irritates me more than anything is support, agents, etc., posting ineffective workarounds that do not much more than waste users' time.

I also get the "slacking off" part when they're going to release a new retail version, but what about the subscription customers? Are they not trying to move those customers to the subscription model? if they are, then they need to do a LOT better in terms of support. I, and I suspect a lot of other folks, are not going to continue paying an annual fee if they can't support their subscription product.

I was very close to a 27-year dols Microsoft employee when Microsoft had around 105,000 employees. I saw how they push the version to them as the best beta-testing ground that you can have. Tested the products and release the versions when they were fine.

This **** they are doing where developers seems to be completely unsupervised, getting too much weed and with no quality control at it is only a testament to the ego of the actual CEO that is more interested in Copilot that NO ONE USES that the apps that EVERYONE uses.