microsoft windows vista application licensing
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Windows Vista Product Activation And The Fashionable LSP
Ryan Hartman ([email protected])
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Overview
• Quick review of Office 2007/Windows Vista product lines
• Update on Office 2007/Windows Vista availability at IU
• Microsoft Production Activation 2.0
• MAK Activation VS. KMS Activation
• How to Activate
• How to automate Activations
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Windows Office 2007 Editions
• ConsumerBasic 2007
Home and Student 2007
Standard 2007
Ultimate 2007
• BusinessSmall Business 2007
Professional 2007
Professional Plus 2007
Enterprise 2007
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Office Suite ComparisonApril 11, 2023
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Office 2007 Distributions
• Volume License – Office 2007 Enterprise• Available IU to the community from IUware Online
• Embedded (Shared) Product Key
• Available now
• Retail Edition – Office 2007 Enterprise• IU Bookstores
• Individual Product Key
• Cost ??
• Available: April 2007??
• Uses “old school” Production Activation• More about this later
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Windows Vista Editions
• Consumer
Windows Vista Home Basic
Windows Vista Home Premium
Windows Vista Ultimate
• Business
Windows Vista Business
Windows Vista Enterprise
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Windows Vista ComparisonApril 11, 2023
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Windows Vista Enterprise• Similar features to Business• Data Protection
• BitLocker™ (don’t forget the ™)• Application Compatibility
• VM’s for Legacy Apps• A UNIX based subsystem for UNIX apps
• Multi-Language Support• One image-> many languages
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Windows Vista Distributions
Volume License Edition - Enterprise• Available LSPs only from IUware Online• MAK or KMS Activation Required• Available now
Retail Edition – Enterprise & Ultimate• IU Bookstore• Retail Key Activation Only• Cost ??• Available: April 2007??
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Microsoft Volume License Product Keys
• Volume Activation 1.0– The first generation of VLKs
– Almost everything but Vista uses this type of key
– This key bypasses product activation
• Volume Activation 2.0 Multiple Activation Key– Activate products through the internet or telephone
– Have a limited number of activations associated with them
• Volume Activation 2.0 Key Management Service– Key will be used to enable a new service in your environment that will
automatically activate products in your environment
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Microsoft Production Activation 2.0 Goals from their FAQ
• Close significant piracy loopholes – Volume License keys represent majority of the keys that are involved in
Windows piracy.
– According to Microsoft 35% all software is stolen.
• Improve the volume customer experience.• VA 2.0 also may provide enhanced security
– Frequent background validations for genuine modules.
– This is currently limited to critical software, but may be expanded greatly over time.
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VA 2.0 Covers A Lot of Ground
• VA 2.0 will be expanding• Many of the tools and for VA are not currently
available!• For the moment let’s limit our discussion to
– VA 2.0 and Windows Vista
– VA as it exists now
– VS as implemented here at IU
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Windows Vista - Volume Activation 2.0 at IU
• An installation key is not required– Vista installations will install and run for 30 days without any keys
• Activation is required– If activation does not occur in that 30-day period, the OS goes into
Reduced Functionality Mode (RFM)
• Two methods of activating VA2 software– Multiple Activation Key (MAK)
– Key Management Service (KMS)
• Other Vista activation methods you might see– OEM installs
– Retail
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Multiple Activation Key (MAK) Activations• How it works
– Computers connect directly to servers at Microsoft and perform a one-time, permanent activation
– Computers that cannot be connected to the Internet can activate over the phone
• Limited Number of Activations– No new activations allowed when this limit is reached
– This number can be increased by request
• ‘Black Listing’ is Possible– No new activations allowed
– Previously activated machines could be mark as non-genuine!!
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Component class name Weight
CD-ROM/CD-RW/DVD-ROM 1
Display adapter 1
RAM 1
Audio adapter 2
MAC Address 2
SCSI Adapter 2
IDE Adapter 3
CPU 3
BIOS ID 9
OS Hard Drive Serial Number 11
MAK activations must be renewed if significant hardware changes occur.
As hardware changes occur, Windows Vista tracks each change, using a weighted score to accumulate changes made.
If a cumulative score reaches 25, the computer is considered out of tolerance and must be activated with a MAK
Activation Hardware Tolerance
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Key Management Service (KMS)Activations
• KMS activation requires a local KMS Server– microsoftkeys.iu.edu
• Finding the KMS Server– Put a client Machine in ADS
• The activations are leases– Once clients find and activate on the KMS server, their lease is 180 days
– If a client is unable to reconnect to the KMS server for 180 days• It will go into a 30-day grace period
• If that 30 days passes without activation, the client will enter RFM
– Clients will attempt to reconnect to the KMS server at one-week intervals. Every time it succeeds in connecting, it will extend its lease out another 180 days from the date it connects
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Choosing between MAK and KMS
MAK• PROs
– One time activation– Doesn’t need KMS– Familiar
• CONs– You have do an activation– Reactivate with major
upgrades– Possible Black Listing/ Key
Exhaustion
KMS• CONs
– 180 Day Lease– Requires connecting to KMS server– Restricted to the IU network
• PROs– Put the machine in ADS and you
don’t have to do anything else as long as the machine is on the IU network
– Unlimited number of Activations!
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My Personal Recommendations
• Machines on campus: KMS– Why not? It is really easy and doesn’t burn a MAK key
• Machines off campus: MAK– Not as convenient but no worse than the current XP model
• Can’t decide?– No problem: it is possible to switch
• Ok how do I do this stuff?
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To activate MAK manually using the Windows interface
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To activate MAK manually using the Windows interface
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To activate MAK manually over the Internet using a script
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To activate KMS clients (easy way)
• Install Windows Vista on the Machine• Join the Machine to ADS
– Machine needs to be able to reach
• Host microsoftkeys.iu.edu (10.79.6.29)
• Port 1688
• Done
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To activate KMS clients from a script
• Tell you Client where the KMS Server lives:– cscript \windows\system32\slmgr.vbs -skms microsoftkeys.iu.edu:1688
• Activate– cscript \windows\system32\slmgr.vbs –ato
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To Convert from MAK to KMS
• Remove the MAK Key:– cscript \windows\system32\slmgr.vbs -ipk <setup key>
– <setup Key> lives in sources\pid.txt on you Vista DVD
• If the machine is in ADS KMS will happen by itself– To do it manually just like the last side.
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Activation and Multiple Machines
• Ghost• Unattended Installs• MAK to KMS GPO scripts etc.
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• A computer enters RFM if it fails to activate within the 30-day grace period or if it fails to reactivate within 30 days after the 180 days KMS activation expires (in case of a KMS-activated computer).
• In RFM, the user is provided multiple options for activation after logon. If the computer is not reactivated within one hour, the user is forcibly logged off.
• MAK-activated computers go into RFM if they fail to activate within 30 days of installation or if they fail to renew activation within 30 days of a major hardware replacement
Reduced Functionality Mode
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Virtual Machines
• VM’s don’t count towards the KMS n-count– So try to use KMS for VM’s
• You can do MAK activations on VM’s– If the host machine hardware changes significantly then it might
require reactivation
• VM’s get the regular 30-day grace period
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