How many times will you re-image those machines? KMS is activated from an internal server within your network compared to MAK which goes straight to MS. We'll be switching to KMS (migrated over using MAK) to manage the licenses ourselves instead of MS.
In regards to W7 images... we used MDT2010 to capture and deploy the images. MDT2010 allows you to customize your image, plus it's free. Thank you, _____________________________ Cameron Cooper System Administrator | CompTIA A+ Certified Aurico Phone: 847-890-4021 | Fax: 847-255-1896 ccoo...@aurico.com | www.aurico.com -----Original Message----- From: Garcia-Moran, Carlos [mailto:cgarciamo...@spragueenergy.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 2:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 deployments - MAK or KMS keys? Depending on your company size? We used KMS here since we were doing a lot of re imaging and VDI deployments. With KMS we weren't worried about making sure we did not use up our MAK Keys and had to call MS to reset them. We used Ghost, made a gold image and then syspreped a clone of it -----Original Message----- From: jesse-r...@wi.rr.com [mailto:jesse-r...@wi.rr.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 3:47 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Windows 7 deployments - MAK or KMS keys? For those that have done Windows 7 rollouts to their organizations, have you used MAK keys or KMS keys (and KMS server) on the Windows 7 boxes, and WHY did you chose one way or the other? Is there a general preference? Also, while I'm on the subject of deployment.. We typically have rolled out XP images with Symantec Ghost Enterprise and Sysprep. Can Windows 7 still utilize Sysprep or is there a replacement for that? Thanks. -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com - Enhanced email for the mobile individual based on Microsoft(r) Exchange - http://link.mail2web.com/Personal/EnhancedEmail ~ 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 _________________________________________________________ This e-mail, including attachments, contains information that is confidential and may be protected by attorney/client or other privileges. This e-mail, including attachments, constitutes non-public information intended to be conveyed only to the designated recipient(s). If you are not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized use, dissemination, distribution or reproduction of this e-mail, including attachments, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify me by e-mail reply and delete the original message and any attachments from your system. _________________________________________________________ ~ 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
