Users report that a recent optional update for out of date Microsoft 365 applications might be connected to suddenly deactivated Office 2016 and 2019 installations. The activation bug cropped up this week and appears to mostly impact stripping away their authenticated status and forcing users into a loop where they are asked over and over again to re enter their product key or face deactivation or reduced functionality mode. The symptom is that a previously activated copy of Office 2016 and...
