Use MAS only for activate with a bought licence key ?

[jibap]

Hi,
i'm a professional and i install Office for many clients... i buy the licence for them but it is really complicated to activate it with Microsoft process (call the phone number and type the long long activation ID and they give me a long long confirmation ID... in better case, the smartphone service works, and i can do it by writing).
Can i use MAS to activate a licence key which a set before in Office ? or it is not useful ? i tried without set a key and it works i know, for my own it's OK, but for my clients i prefer a legal path... but winning some time will be appreciated !

But MAS will cancel my legal key ? Maybe key selled at 1€ on Rakuten (it's what i use) is not really legal too ?

Thanks you

[ave9858]

A key that cheap isn't legit, and normal legit keys should work directly in office without phone activation.

[jibap]

Here is a really good post about it (use google translate ;-)) : https://www.lesnumeriques.com/appli-logiciel/licences-windows-et-office-a-moindre-cout-enquete-dans-la-jungle-des-cles-d-activation-microsoft-a178559.html which suggests that cheap keys are not legit but no way to be sure because of the second-hand resale authorized... (which require phone activation)
So your answer means that use MAS is the same that a cheap key (from legal point of view) ?

Maybe legit key in second-hand (about 40€... ?) and requiring phone reactivation could be used, so my question still... 😉is it compatible with MAS to avoid phone activation ?

[thecatontheceiling]

buying keys from unofficial sources is illegal and is even worse than using MAS

[jibap]

It's really difficult for buyers to know which are official sources... why worse ? No key really bought in the 2 cases

[WindowsAddict]

@jibap
MAS can't do/bypass phone activation for your key.

[jibap]

Thank you for reply. So if we set a key (legal or not) and use MAS after, the key will be replaced ? (viewed with a tool like recALL or ShowKeyPlus) ?

[WindowsAddict]

yes, MAS will replace the key and will install generic key instead.

[jibap]

Thanks, it's clear and answer to my question.