This gist gives a short outline of how to get back on track with Office 2016 licensing if you have been using the Combo Update packages available via AutoPKG to distribute Office 2016 applications and thus copying the Office license file around.
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download an installer package from http://macadmins.software (e.g. Word Standalone installer)
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extract the LauncDaemon and PrivilegedHelperTool from the installer package (e.g. by running the installer on a VM):
- /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.microsoft.office.licensingV2.helper.plist
- /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.microsoft.office.licensingV2.helper
- package the abovementioned two files