Yes. But, Microsoft has given me a 500 activations license pool for windows 7. I don't have a count, but we may have 100 actual licenses. Also, their documentation states that it is possible to get more activations with a call to them and an explanation on why you need more (like our case, where we re-image our computers for each new school year).
I believe KMS licenses are also counted by Microsoft on the Volume License page. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ----- Original Message ----- From: Cameron Cooper [mailto:[email protected]] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:08:42 -0700 Subject: RE: Volume Licensing > From what I read, with MAK, once it activates on that computer with MS > it counts towards your VL agreement. If that computer goes down and > either needs to be re-formatted or replaced, and Windows 7 is > reinstalled... does that make another count towards your VL agreement? > > _____________________________ > Cameron Cooper > Network Administrator | CompTIA A+ Certified > Aurico Reports, Inc > Phone: 847-890-4021 | Fax: 847-255-1896 > [email protected] | www.aurico.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 11:55 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Volume Licensing > > 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:[email protected]] > To: NT System Admin Issues > [mailto:[email protected]] > 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 > > > > [email protected] | www.aurico.com > > > > > > > > From: Brian Desmond [mailto:[email protected]] > > 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 > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > c - 312.731.3132 > > > > > > > > From: Cameron Cooper [mailto:[email protected]] > > 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 > > > > [email protected] | 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/> ~ > > > ~ 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/> ~
