When you attempt to activate Office for Mac 2011, you may receive an error
message "Online activation did not complete successfully because the activation
server is temporarily unavailable."
To fix this issue, you'll need to get the Microsoft Office 2011 license, and add it to your Mac. Please select the Download button.
Add the file to the following location:
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Close all of your Microsoft Office applications.
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Launch Finder.
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Under favorites, select downloads then drag the com.microsoft.office.licensing.plist file to the desktop.
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Select the Go menu, then select Computer.
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Double click Macintosh HD to go to your local hard drive.
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Double click Library, then Preferences.
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Drag the file com.microsoft.office.licensing.plist from the desktop and drag it into the Preferences folder. Enter your Mac password if prompted.
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Open one of your Microsoft Office applications, the activation will occur quietly in the background.
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This will complete your activation of Office.