osppsvc.exe
Summary
Microsoft Office Software Protection Platform Service - manages Office volume license activation and validation.
osppsvc.exe is the 805th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 3,851 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatform and it is most often launched by services.exe.
Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatform100%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- 967079ccf7b2cbd4b48c9f076675c26af93a1cec26c96811f279414e34004ee687.43%
- 1dd0dd35e4158f95765ee6639f217df03a0a19e624e020dba609268c08a1384612.57%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- wininit.exe100%
Top Parents
- services.exe100%
Rare or environment-specific process names are omitted from ancestry tables. Percentages are of all observed relationships.
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Data from EchoTrail's dataset of ~346M Windows process executions. Last extracted 2026-08-04.