Hello,
No your agreement should spell out how may licenses you are charged for.
You then get a MAK key for that number of activation plus some additional
activations for rebuilds\replacement. If those are activations are all
consumed, you can call to have the number of activations increased. You
may be asked why you need the increase but there isn't an additional cost
for this.
Now if you have 10 licenses and you ask for 200 additional activations,
that may raise some additional questions<G>
Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
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|>> Hello,
|>> No the count is not decremented. Only activations are counted so each
|>> activation counts as one.
|>> increasing the number of activations can be done as per your licensing
|>> agreements. There should be instructions as to how to increase the
number
|>> of activations on your MAK if you find you need more MAK activations.
You
|>> would need to contact you licensing contact to get details on how to
|>> accomplish this.
|>> Thanks,
|>> Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
|>>
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|>> |>No, I meant MAK. I don't use a KMS server here, because we are only
|>> testing
|>> |>and do not have 25 Vista PCs running here.
|>> |>
|>> |>So my question is: if several Vista clients are activated over the
|>> internet,
|>> |>and they all use this MAK (which can have up to 500 activations), is
|>> there a
|>> |>way to decrease the numer of activations in case a PC is formatted
again?
|>> |>
|>> |>"Sascha Benjamin Jazbec" wrote:
|>> |>
|>> |>> I bet you wanted to say ".. I created a KMS for Vista Enterprise".
|>> |>>
|>> |>> MAKS are Multiple Activation Keys for use against the normal
|>> MS-Activation
|>> |>> over the internet, comparable to the Volumekeys on XP,only that MAK
now
|>> need
|>> |>> to be activated too.
|>> |>>
|>> |>> KMS is a Key Management Server, running on A Vista Workstation or a
|>> Server
|>> |>> 2003.
|>> |>>
|>> |>> If you set up like you told here, then your VistaClients can
activate
|>> |>> against the KMS, local and "offline" (not via Internet, but via
|>> intranet)
|>> |>> and the KMS is counting the activated clients.
|>> |>>
|>> |>> Activated clients do only have 180 days then need to be activated
again
|>> on
|>> |>> the KMS.
|>> |>>
|>> |>> A KMS needs at least 25 vista clients, and the clients must be on
the
|>> same
|>> |>> network, the Server checks if the clients do answer periodical.
|>> |>>
|>> |>> If no answers from enough machines come in, the count substracts
the
|>> missing
|>> |>> client.
|>> |>>
|>> |>> If the count goes under 25, then the KMS cannot activate anymore.
|>> |>>
|>> |>> "A KMS host must have at least 25 physical Windows Vista clients
|>> connected
|>> |>> to it before any of them will activate. Systems operating in
virtual
|>> |>> machine (VM) environments can also be activated using KMS, but they
do
|>> not
|>> |>> contribute to the system count.
|>> |>> Clients must renew their activation by connecting to the KMS Host
at
|>> least
|>> |>> once every 180 days. Clients not yet activated will attempt to
connect
|>> with
|>> |>> the KMS host every two hours (value configurable). Once activated,
they
|>> will
|>> |>> attempt to connect to the KMS host every seven days (value
|>> configurable) and
|>> |>> if successful will renew their 180-day activation life span"
|>> |>>
|>> |>>
|>> |>> Very confusing stuff, and all because of piracy. but one can manage
|>> it..
|>> |>> somehow..
|>> |>>
|>> |>> For a "official" description go here :
|>> |>>
|>> |>>
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/plan/volact1.mspx
|>> |>>
|>> |>> SJ / germany
|>> |>>
|>> |>> |>> |>> > My company has a Volume license and I have created a MAK for Vista
|>> |>> > Enterprise. If I have activated a test PC and afterwards format
the
|>> PC,
|>> |>> > will
|>> |>> > the the activation count still show this activation? In other
words,
|>> how
|>> |>> > can
|>> |>> > I disable the activations for PC which are no longer operational?
|>> |>> >
|>> |>> > And does my company have to pay for each activation seperately?
We
|>> have an
|>> |>> > Enterprise agreement level A.
|>> |>> >
|>> |>> > Regards,
|>> |>> > Chiel Varkevisser
|>> |>> > The Netherlands
|>> |>>
|>> |>>
|>> |>
|>>
|>>
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