One of the things I like about KMS is that it doesn't expose our corporate license keys. With a MAK, users could take your key and use it on unauthorized PCs (i.e. home, family, friends, etc.). KMS keeps the key where it can only be used when the computers attach to your network. KMS is also pretty much a "set and forget" type tool that requires little operational effort.
-Malcolm From: Cameron Cooper [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 11:22 To: NT System Admin Issues 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/> ~
