How to Install and Activate Office 2024 Pro Plus (2026 Guide)

Office 2024 Professional Plus gives you Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote and Access on one Windows PC, with no subscription. This guide shows how to install it from official Microsoft servers, activate it with your key, and fix the problems people run into most often.

What you need

• A Windows 10 or Windows 11 PC (64-bit recommended).
• About 4 GB of free disk space and an internet connection for the download.
• Your Office 2024 Pro Plus product key from the order email.
• Ten to fifteen minutes.

If you have not bought a key yet, Office 2024 Pro Plus costs $24.99 on ShopQiQ and is delivered by email right after payment.

Step 1: Remove older Office versions

Office 2024 does not like sharing a PC with older click-to-run versions or Microsoft 365 trials. Open Settings > Apps > Installed apps, search for "Office" and "Microsoft 365", and uninstall everything you find, including pre-installed trial versions on new laptops. Restart the PC.

If an old installation refuses to uninstall, Microsoft's Microsoft Support and Recovery Assistant (SaRA) has an "Office uninstall" scenario that removes leftovers cleanly.

Step 2: Check the instructions in your email

Office 2024 Pro Plus keys are installed in one of two ways. The order email tells you which one applies to your key:

• Redeem at setup.office.com and download from your Microsoft account, or
• Install with the Office Deployment Tool (ODT) and activate with the key.

Follow the method in your email. The two methods are explained below.

Method A: Redeem through your Microsoft account

1. Go to setup.office.com and sign in with your Microsoft account (create one if needed; it is free).
2. Enter your 25-character product key and choose your country and language.
3. The product is added to your account. Open account.microsoft.com/services, find Office 2024 and click Install.
4. Run the downloaded installer. Office installs in the background; you can follow progress in the small window.
5. Open Word, accept the licence agreement and sign in with the same Microsoft account. Activation happens automatically.

The advantage of this method is that your licence lives in your account. If you reinstall Windows, you just sign in and download Office again.

Method B: Office Deployment Tool

Professional Plus 2024 is a volume-licensed product, so many keys are designed for the Office Deployment Tool. It sounds technical, but it is just a configuration file and one command.

1. Download the Office Deployment Tool from Microsoft's download centre and run it. It extracts `setup.exe` and sample files into a folder, for example `C:\ODT`.
2. Open config.office.com (Microsoft's Office Customization Tool). Choose Office LTSC Professional Plus 2024 - Volume License, 64-bit, your language, and the apps you want. Under licensing, choose Multiple Activation Key (MAK) and paste your key. Export the file as `config.xml` into `C:\ODT`.
3. Open Terminal (Admin), run `cd C:\ODT`, then `setup.exe /configure config.xml`.
4. Wait while Office downloads and installs. Nothing appears on screen for a few minutes; that is normal.
5. Open Word. It should show "Product Activated" under File > Account.

If Office is installed but not activated, open an admin terminal and run:

`cd "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16"` `cscript ospp.vbs /inpkey:XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX` `cscript ospp.vbs /act`

The last command should end with "Product activation successful". Run `cscript ospp.vbs /dstatus` to check the licence at any time.

Step 3: Check activation

Open any Office app and go to File > Account. Under "Product Information" you should see Office LTSC Professional Plus 2024 and "Product Activated". If you see a yellow banner asking you to activate, use the ospp.vbs commands above or the Microsoft account method.

Common problems and fixes

• "This product key can't be used in your country": a regional restriction. Contact support with the error screenshot.
• "We're sorry, something went wrong" during install: another Office version is still present. Repeat Step 1 with SaRA.
• Error 0xC004F074 when activating: Office is looking for a corporate KMS server. Make sure you used MAK, not KMS, in config.xml, then run the inpkey and act commands.
• Error 0xC004C008: the key reached its activation limit. Write to us with your order number.
• Outlook is missing: you probably installed Office Home. Pro Plus includes Outlook; Home 2024 does not.
• Wrong language: run the ODT again with a new config file that adds the language pack.

What is included in Office 2024 Pro Plus

• Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote.
• Outlook for email and calendars.
• Access for desktop databases.
• Security updates until October 2029.

Office 2024 does not include Publisher, which Microsoft is retiring, and it does not include Microsoft 365 cloud features such as Copilot. If you are deciding between the two models, read Office 2024 vs Microsoft 365.

Need Windows as well?

A new or freshly built PC usually needs both licences. The Office 2024 Pro Plus + Windows 11 Pro bundle costs $36.99, about eight dollars less than buying each separately. If you only need Word, Excel and PowerPoint without Outlook, Office 2024 Home at $19.99 is the cheaper option.

Still stuck?

Send a screenshot of the error and your order number (SQ-...) to support@shopqiq.com. Unused keys that Microsoft rejects are replaced under our refund and replacement policy when you contact us within 14 days of delivery.

Frequently asked questions

Can I install Office 2024 Pro Plus on a Mac?

No. Professional Plus is a Windows product. Mac users should choose Office 2024 for Mac, explained in our Office for Mac guide.

Does it work on Windows 10?

Yes. Office 2024 installs on Windows 10 and 11, but Windows 10 no longer receives security updates, so upgrading Windows is recommended.