Great info, thanks Mike. Haven't delved into KMS yet as we are mostly 2003 or earlier on everything. With lots of new MS products being deployed into our network soon, I think it's time to do some research and get my hands dirty on it.
Thanks, Sam From: Mike Hoffman [mailto:m...@drumbrae.net] Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 3:37 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Action Pack License Question Set up a KMS server and just stop worrying. We have MVL, Action Pack, TechNet and SPLA licenses floating around and the audit tools from the KMS VAMT (Volume Activation Management Toolkit) keep us straight. I have a standard build folder for Office, SharePoint Designer, Project and Visio with SP1 all in one folder which we install on every internal machine. If you ever needed to change the keys then you could do it with a click from the console. I would keep the following as the rights for it: Reimaging Eligibility Reimaging is permitted if the copies made from the Volume Licensing media are identical to the originally licensed product[1]. Volume Licensing customers who have licensed Microsoft software products from an OEM, through a retail source, or under any agreement other than their Microsoft Volume Licensing agreement may use copies made from Microsoft Volume Licensing media. Customers can use these copies from Microsoft media only if they are the same product and version, contain the same components, and are in the same language. The following are examples that do not meet the eligibility criteria for reimaging: Different components: The Microsoft Office system suites must have exactly the same component products. For instance, Microsoft Office Professional 2010 licensed through the OEM, system builder, or FPP channel and Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 licensed through Microsoft Volume Licensing are not the same product. They also do not share the same components. Therefore, you cannot reimage in this example. Microsoft Reimaging Rights Feb 2011 Mike (Microsoft Licensing Sales Expert 2004-2011) From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sca...@gmail.com] Sent: 24 August 2011 21:14 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Action Pack License Question I spoke with 9 different people at all various departments. (MAPS, VL, PreSales, Business Support, Licensing, etc). Nobody had an answer. The last one told me to talk to our reseller. I'll try that, but to be safe, I'm going to assume that I can't do this. -Sam ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin _____ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin _____ [1] Windows 7 Enterprise is not available outside the Volume Licensing programs, and is therefore not eligible for reimaging. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
