We're a MAK shop. And that's only because my first attempt at installing the KMS server was a dismal failure. It shouldn't have been difficult, but for whatever reason it wasn't happy with my Windows 2003 R2 server. Maybe I'll try again later.
MAK requires that you use the Volume Activation Management Tool (VAMT), which is currently version 2.0, and activate machines on your network remotely. The tool works well enough, especially since it can search for machines, install license keys and activate en-mass. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ----- Original Message ----- From: Cameron Cooper [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:22:02 -0700 Subject: RE: Volume Licensing > What are the pros and cons of a KMS over MAK? > > > > _____________________________ > > Cameron Cooper > > Network Administrator | CompTIA A+ Certified > > Aurico Reports, Inc > > Phone: 847-890-4021 | Fax: 847-255-1896 > > ccoo...@aurico.com | www.aurico.com > > > > From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] > Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 11:00 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Volume Licensing > > > > I'd just use a KMS assuming you are going to migrate to Win7 and/or > Office 2010 relatively quickly. > > > > Thanks, > > Brian Desmond > > br...@briandesmond.com > > > > c - 312.731.3132 > > > > From: Cameron Cooper [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com] > Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 11:01 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Volume Licensing > > > > All, > > > > We are new to the Volume Licensing through Microsoft and would like to > know which key (KMS or MAK) to use in our environment for migrating to > Windows 7 and Office 2010? > > > > Environment: > > - Currently have 60 computers all running Windows XP Pro and a > mixture of Office 2003/2007 > > - Currently have 5 Servers running Windows Server 2003 and 2003 > R2 (which won't be migrated over to Server 2008 R2 yet) > > > > From what I understand is that KMS is hosted on one machine (server or > computer) and the clients renew their activation with that machine. > Whereas with MAK, each computer activates to MS. > > > > _____________________________ > > Cameron Cooper > > Network Administrator | CompTIA A+ Certified > > Aurico Reports, Inc > > Phone: 847-890-4021 | Fax: 847-255-1896 > > ccoo...@aurico.com | www.aurico.com > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
