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This version of Office has been deprovisioned [FIXED]

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

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It is certainly annoying to face issues in your system when you have to finish off the most important task that has been assigned by your boss. If you are reading this article, you must have come across with the activationerrorstatingThis version ofOfficehas been deprovisioned.

Deprovisioning is basicallyrevoking access, licenses, or credentials from a user. It is often done to avoid security breaches when an employee leaves theoffice. Moreover, there are some other reasons behind this activationerror.

How do I fix deprovisioning in Office 365?

How do I fix deprovisioning in Office 365?

Solution 1: Check your Subscription Status

One of the most obvious reasons for the issue is that your subscription might have expired. Either you are using a subscription provided by your organization or just using your individual purchased version of theOffice, you have to make sure that it’s still active.

In case the subscription has expired, justrenew your subscription before moving to the next steps.

Office 365users can simply renew their subscription by following these steps:

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Solution 2: Troubleshoot Office Activation

Microsoft offers anactivation troubleshooterthat runs to fix activationerrorsfor Office Home & Business, Office Professional, and Office Home & Student. It also helps to fix issues related to other individual Office apps including Word, Visio, Outlook and Project.

The Office 2019, Office 2016 andOffice 2013users can use these solution to download the troubleshooter for their respective versions. While those who are usingOffice 365can use Support and Recovery Assistant to fix these problems.

Solution 3: Check your computer’s date, time, and time zone

Often the date and time zone issues are the reason behind the activation issues in as the incorrect settings can cause your activation to fail. You can follow these steps to correct the settings.

— RELATED:Recent Office 365 updates cause Outlook to freeze?

Solution 4: Check for multiple copies of Office

You might not know that you have multiple copies ofOfficecurrently installed in your PC. These versions might conflict and could be a cause of the issue so we first have to uninstall them.

Solution 5: Perform a full repair of your Office installation

Performing a full repair of your Office installation is a comprehensive fix to any issues that exist in the software.

We hope one of these solutions helped you to fix this issue.

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Milan Stanojevic

Windows Toubleshooting Expert

Milan has been enthusiastic about technology ever since his childhood days, and this led him to take interest in all PC-related technologies. He’s a PC enthusiast and he spends most of his time learning about computers and technology.

Before joining WindowsReport, he worked as a front-end web developer. Now, he’s one of the Troubleshooting experts in our worldwide team, specializing in Windows errors & software issues.

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Milan Stanojevic

Windows Toubleshooting Expert

Before joining WindowsReport, he worked as a front-end web developer. Now, he’s specialized in Windows errors & software issues.