Microsoft hosts secret installation files for Microsoft Office 2011 for Macintosh as well. After pulling almost all other direct downloads, the Office 2011 downloads are among the few remaining ones.
Important Note February 2015
Office 2019 is sold as a one-time purchase, which means you pay a single, up-front cost to get Office apps for one computer. One-time purchases are available for both PCs and Macs. However, there are no upgrade options which means if you plan to upgrade to the next major release, you'll have to buy it at full price. Activate MS Office 2019/2016 for macOS - MicrosoftOffice2019VLSerializer Office 2019 above. Torchlight 2 locked golden chest. Note that Office2019 DO NOT support activate via simple copy/paste plist license file which is the simplest way to activate Office 2016. Fortunately, you can also use the VL Serializer tool, just install Office 2019 and Serializer, then run Serializer to activate.
Microsoft has taken down all previous and current download servers (msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent.net, msft.digitalrivercontent.net, digitalrivercontent.net and drcdn.blob.core.windows.net)! For Office 2011, we were able to find an alternative legitimate download channel.
Office 2011 Test Drive
When starting the installation, you will be provided the choice whether to install the full version of Office 2011 using a product key, or to install a trial edition. If you select the trial edition here, you can evaluate Office 2011 up to 30 days.
Purchase an Office 2011 Activation Key
Should you want to use Office 2011 permanently, and don't own a product key yet, you can order it from an online retailer such as Amazon or eBay. As with all other Microsoft Office versions, the language of the key purchase has no effect on the activation. It can activate all language editions. Here are some purchase links:
- Office 2011 Home and Student (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
- Office 2011 Home and Business (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook)
Download Office 2011 Setup Files
Apart from the downloads in the following table, there are a couple of alternative download sources, all of which require providing a product key.
Office For Mac Product Key
The files in the following table are direct downloads, officially hosted by microsoft.com, and don't require a key or any other form of authentication.
Hashes for most Office 2011 installers can be found in our hash database.
Language | Office 2011 |
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Chinese, simplified (PR China) | MicrosoftOffice2011.dmg |
Chinese, traditional (Taiwan) | MicrosoftOffice2011.dmg |
Danish (Denmark) | MicrosoftOffice2011.dmg |
Dutch (Netherlands) | MicrosoftOffice2011.dmg |
English (USA) | MicrosoftOffice2011.dmg |
Finnish (Finland) | MicrosoftOffice2011.dmg |
French (France) | MicrosoftOffice2011.dmg |
German (Germany) | MicrosoftOffice2011.dmg |
Italian (Italy) | MicrosoftOffice2011.dmg |
Japanese (Japan) | MicrosoftOffice2011.dmg |
Norwegian, Bokmål (Norway) | MicrosoftOffice2011.dmg |
Polish (Poland) | MicrosoftOffice2011.dmg |
Russian (Russian Federation) | MicrosoftOffice2011.dmg |
Spanish (Spain) | MicrosoftOffice2011.dmg |
Swedish (Sweden) | MicrosoftOffice2011.dmg |
Previous download links, for reference only
The following links are no longer active as of February 2015. The file names are provided for reference only.
Language | Office 2011 | Communicator 2011 | Lync 2011 |
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Multi language / all | X17-45976.dmg (SP1) | X17-88377.dmg | |
Multi language / Danish (Denmark) / Norwegian, Bokmål (Norway) | X18-08826.dmg (SP2 old) X19-49596.dmg (SP2 new) | ||
Multi language / Finnish (Finland) / Swedish (Sweden) | X18-08825.dmg (SP2 old) X19-49595.dmg (SP2 new) | ||
Chinese, simplified (PR China) | X17-45990.dmg (SP1 old) X18-08829.dmg (SP2 old) X19-49598.dmg (SP2 new) | ||
Chinese, traditional (Taiwan) | X17-45992.dmg (SP1 old) X18-08831.dmg (SP2 old) X19-49599.dmg (SP2 new) | ||
Danish (Denmark) | X16-92859.dmg (old) X17-15432.dmg (old) X17-45969.dmg (SP1 new) | ||
Dutch (Netherlands) | X16-92862.dmg (old) X17-15435.dmg (old) X17-45972.dmg (SP1 old) X18-08822.dmg (SP2 old) X19-49592.dmg (SP2 new) | ||
English (USA) | X16-92852.dmg (old) X17-15993.dmg (old) X17-45975.dmg (SP1 old) X18-08827.dmg (SP2 old) X19-49597.dmg (SP2 new) | ||
Finnish (Finland) | X16-92858.dmg (old) X17-15431.dmg (old) X17-45968.dmg (SP1 new) | ||
French (France) | X16-92855.dmg (old) X17-15428.dmg (old) X17-45965.dmg (SP1 old) X18-08819.dmg (SP2 old) X19-49589.dmg (SP2 new) | ||
German (Germany) | X16-92853.dmg (old) X17-15426.dmg (old) X17-45963.dmg (SP1 old) X18-08817.dmg (SP2 old) X19-49587.dmg (SP2 new) | ||
Italian (Italy) | X16-92860.dmg (old) X17-15433.dmg (old) X17-45970.dmg (SP1 old) X18-08820.dmg (SP2 old) X19-49590.dmg (SP2 new) | ||
Japanese (Japan) | X16-92856.dmg (old) X17-15429.dmg (old) X17-45966.dmg (SP1 old) X18-08821.dmg (SP2 old) X19-49591.dmg (SP2 new) | ||
Norwegian, Bokmål (Norway) | X16-92861.dmg (old) X17-15434.dmg (old) X17-45971.dmg (SP1 new) | ||
Polish (Poland) | X16-92863.dmg (old) X17-15436.dmg (old) X17-45973.dmg (SP1 old) X18-08823.dmg (SP2 old) X19-49593.dmg (SP2 new) | ||
Russian (Russian Federation) | X16-92864.dmg (old) X17-15437.dmg (old) X17-45974.dmg (SP1 old) X18-08824.dmg (SP2 old) X19-49594.dmg (SP2 new) | ||
Spanish (Spain) | X16-92854.dmg (old) X17-15427.dmg (old) X17-45964.dmg (SP1 old) X18-08818.dmg (SP2 old) X19-49588.dmg (SP2 new) | ||
Swedish (Sweden) | X16-92857.dmg (old) X17-15430.dmg (old) X17-45967.dmg (SP1 new) |
Applies to:Office 2019 for Mac, Office 2016 for Mac
Mac Office 2011 Product Key
The Volume Serializer (VL) is used to activate Office 2019 for Mac or Office 2016 for Mac as a volume licensed version. It's an approximately 4 mb package file that you run on a user's computer, either before or after you've installed Office.
Download the Volume License (VL) Serializer from the VLSC
To download the VL Serializer, do the following:
- Sign in to the Volume Licensing Service Center (VLSC).
- Select the Download and Keys tab.
- Depending on the version that you're deploying, search for 'Office 2019 for Mac Standard' or 'Office 2016 for Mac Standard.'
- Select the Download link in the results panel.
- Select the Continue button at the bottom of the window.
- Select the icon (circle with download arrow) to download the VL Serializer .iso file.
- Once the download is complete, mount the .iso file to extract the VL Serializer package file.
Install Office 2011 For Mac
Make sure you have the correct VL serializer version for the version of Office that you're deploying to your users.
Version | File name |
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Office 2019 for Mac | Microsoft_Office_2019_VL_Serializer.pkg |
Office 2016 for Mac | Microsoft_Office_2016_VL_Serializer.pkg |
Microsoft Office For Mac 2011 Activation Key
Then, deploy and run the VL Serializer package file on each computer that you want to activate Office as a volume licensed version.
Note
- You can't use the VL Serializer for Office 2019 for Mac to activate a volume licensed version of Office 2016 for Mac.
- Volume licensed versions of Office 2019 for Mac have version numbers of 16.17 or higher. Volume licensed versions of Office 2016 for Mac have version numbers of 16.16 or lower, such as 16.16.2 or 16.15.
Additional information about the VL Serializer
- The volume license is located in the /Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.office.licensingV2.plist directory.
- The licensing plist generated by the VL Serializer contains data that's encrypted by using the serial number of the boot drive on the computer where it was generated. Upon each Office application launch, the plist is decrypted by using the current boot drive serial number as the decryption key. If the data cannot be decrypted (for example, boot drive serial number is different), Office will go into an unlicensed state without warning.
- Because the license plist file is encrypted using information from the computer on which it's installed, you can't copy it to a different computer to activate Office on that computer.
- There's a single VL Serializer package that contains a single key that's shared between all volume licensed customer installations.
- The VL Serializer package contains a binary executable that's named 'Microsoft Office Setup Assistant.' It's this executable that actually activates the volume license.
- If you install the volume licensed version of Office 2016 for Mac from the .iso file downloaded from the VLSC, you don't need to run the VL Serializer. That installer package already has the VL Serializer functionality built-in. But, we recommend that you always download and install the most current version that's available on the Office Content Delivery Network (CDN) on the internet. For more information, see Download Office for Mac to your local network.
- The VL Serializer package is compatible with mobile device management (MDM) servers such as Microsoft Intune, Jamf Pro, or FileWave.