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Using Volume Activation

Volume Activation is a configurable solution that helps IT professionals automate and manage the product activation process on computers running the Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2008 R2 operating systems licensed under a Microsoft Volume Licensing program and other programs that provide Volume License editions of Microsoft Windows. This tutorial describes Volume Activation for Windows 7.

In this tutorial:

  1. Introduction Volume Activation
  2. Activation Options
  3. Volume Licensing
  4. Key Management Service
  5. How KMS Works
  6. Client Discovery of the KMS
  7. Planning a KMS Deployment
  8. Planning DNS Server Configuration
  9. Upgrading Existing KMS Hosts
  10. Multiple Activation Key
  11. Volume Activation Management Tool
  12. Volume Activation Scenarios
  13. Core Network
  14. Isolated Networks
  15. Branch Office Locations
  16. Individual Disconnected Computers
  17. Test/Development Labs
  18. What If Systems Are Not Activated?