Microsoft 79G-03775, T5D01575 manual Plan for KMS activation

2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Office 2010, and Office 2013 Preview. In addition, VAMT 3.0 supports Active Directory-Based activation.

The following features are either new, or updated, in VAMT 3.0:

∙User interface. The updated user interface makes volume activation and license management an easy, one-console process.

∙Data storage. Data storage in a SQL Server database provides greater scalability and speed.

∙Licensing reports. Five new Volume Licensing reports provide instant views of the licensing status of every computer in the database:

∙At Risk Products Report

∙Duplicate Computer Management ID (CMID) Report

∙MAK Usage Report

∙Unlicensed Products Report

∙Volume Activation by Authority Report

∙PowerShell commandlets (cmdlet). A PowerShell module for VAMT replaces the vamt.exe command line interface.

∙Support for Proxy Authentication. If you are on a network that requires a user name and password to reach the Internet, VAMT enables you to log on and perform proxy activation.

∙Active Directory-Based activation. VAMT can online or proxy-activate an Active Directory- Based activation object. When Active Directory-Based activation is deployed, any new qualifying computers that are joined to the domain are automatically activated.

The following features that existed in previously released versions of VAMT are deprecated or removed in VAMT 3.0:

∙Data storage in Computer Information Files (CIL). Data is no longer stored in Computer Information Files (CIL), but is instead stored in a SQL Server database. You can import data that is currently stored in CIL files into VAMT. Data that is exported from VAMT is saved in a CILX file.

∙The vamt.exe command-line interface.The vamt.exe command-line interface is no longer available. It is replaced by a Windows PowerShell module.

For detailed information about VAMT 3.0, see Volume Activation Management Tool Technical Reference.

Plan for KMS activation

The KMS service does not require a dedicated server. The KMS service can be co-hosted on a server that also hosts KMS for Windows. Specifically, you can configure a computer that runs Windows Server 2003 with KMS 1.1 or a later version. Volume License editions of Windows 7, or Windows Server 2008 R2 to act as a single KMS host that responds to both Windows and Office 2013 Preview KMS client activation requests. This works as long as the appropriate Office 2013 Preview KMS host licenses are installed and a valid KMS host key is installed, and the key is activated against Microsoft hosted activation servers. You can install Office 2013 Preview KMS host licenses by running the Microsoft Office 2013 KMS Host License Pack.

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