Batch activation tips and tips

Hello, I met again. The Project Manager activated in office 2010 released an article in the blog last time.ArticleKms and Mak are discussed. They are two activation methods for enterprises. If you plan to deploy office 2010, Windows (7, Vista, Server 2008 R2, Server 2008), or a combination of these products, you will be happy to know that these activation technologies are essentially the same. For example, a kms host running on Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7 in batch, or Windows Server 2003 can activate both Windows and Office.

In this article, I will show you the screen of the end user experience when activation fails. In addition, I will share some tips and tips on how to manage the batch version and activation of the Office, so that you can save time to try out all the cool new features in office 2010. Your end users do not need to know anything about activation, because all operations are performed behind the scenes.

End user notification experience

For the batch version of the office, you will not receive any reminder that you want to activate it within 25 days after installation. However, if activation fails, the Office application is started every time within 25 to 30 days after installation.ProgramThe notification dialog box is displayed. The following is an example of the notification dialog box. If you close this dialog box, he/she can still use all functions in office.

If the office is not activated within 30 days after installation, you will see the notification dialog box every time you start the Office application. In addition, the title bar changes to red, as shown in. These visual prompts can also remind users to activate them.

Click the file tab | help to go to the backstage view, which is the quickest way to check the license status:

If you are using a batch version of Office 2010 beta and it is not activated yet, please refer to this page for help.

How to quickly set a kms host

If you see the above activation notification, you can quickly set the kms host by following the instructions on the kms host settings page. After setting the kms host, the kms client can automatically search for the host on the DNS and activate it on its own. This is transparent to end users.

Sanjay Garg recommends that office software protection platform developers (focusing on Enterprise licensing): "After activating a kms host, ensure that kms is allowed to pass the Windows Firewall. In this way, the kms client request can pass through the kms host ."

How do I know if the kms host has been successfully activated? On the kms host computer, open the upgraded command prompt and run the command in the windows \ system32 directory.

C: \ windows \ system32> cscript slmgr. vbs/DLI

The following output should appear. Note that the license status displays "authorized", which means that you have activated the kms host. When "current count"> = 5, the kms client starts to activate the next activation request.

Name: Office (TM) 14, beta1propluskmshost Edition
Description: Office (TM) 14 kms, volume_kms Channel
Key of some products: tcdmc
License status: authorized
The key management service has been enabled on this computer
Current count: 6
Listen on the following ports: 1688
DNS publishing Enabled
KMS priority: normal

Microsoft has an internal kms host running on Windows Server 2008 R2 VM. If you are running Windows Server 2008, you can use the VM of Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2003 as the kms host. The Microsoft kms host processes all internal Windows and Office 2010 activation requests. Because the host was set at the beginning of this year, it received 0.25 million initial activation requests and 0.135 million re-activation requests from the Office kms licensing client. It also receives and processes thousands of other Windows client and server activation requests.

A Microsoft it Administrator shared his experience and said, "We configure this server to be automatically published in all internal domains through registry keys, in addition, we only allow specific security groups to update it to protect _ vlmcs in all domains. _ tcp dns record. We add kms servers to the security group during standard kms creation. In addition, as part of the standard kms creation process, we also require an IPsec exemption for Servers because we allow activation of unmanaged clients (laboratories, not added domains, etc ."

Ospp. vbs

This convenient script allows you to perform local and remote licensing operations on Microsoft Office 2010. You can find the script in the "% ProgramFiles % \ Microsoft Office \ office14" folder. For 32-bit office installed in a 64-bit operating system, you can find the script in the "program files (x86)" folder. Remember that ospp. vbs is the script used to configure the Office 2010 client, while slmgr. vbs is the script used to configure the kms host and Windows installation.

To run the script, click the start button and search for CMD in the search box to open the command prompt for upgrade. Right-click the Command Prompt window and select "Run as administrator ". Run the following command to go to the required directory:

Cd "% ProgramFiles % \ Microsoft Office \ office14"

You can see the available options by typing the following:

Cscript ospp. vbs -?

Richard Moloney, the developer of the script, said that one of the major advantages of setting the kms host is that you can use the-act and-dhistory commands to verify whether the office client has found the kms host and successfully activated it. He suggested: "When setting the kms host, you can manually trigger and verify whether the activation is successful. You do not need to wait for 25 days until the notification dialog box pops up to solve the problem ."

Run the following command to trigger activation and view the kms activation history:

Cscript ospp. vbs-Act
Cscript ospp. vbs-dhistory

For Mak activation, a common task is to check the computer status, install a professional plus Beta Mak key, and then trigger activation. Run the following command (if you want to paste these commands, you may need to change the long dashes to short dashes ). In this example, when you run the-act command, Mak activation is triggered, and the activation process is completed on the Microsoft activation server instead of on the kms host.

Cscript ospp. vbs-dstatus
Cscript ospp. vbs-inpkey: 22hgx-728mx-bbwx9-7bb8x-j96b4
Cscript ospp. vbs-Act
Cscript ospp. vbs-dstatus

If an error occursCodeWhat should I do? You can use the following command to easily obtain the error description:

Cscript ospp. vbs-ddescr: 0xc0020017

You can even run this script to check the remote computer status or trigger activation. You only need to provide the computer name and logon creden:

Cscript ospp. vbs-act <Remote Computer Name> <username> <password>

This introduces the next section: How to quickly remotely manage and activate multiple computers?

Batch activation management tool (vamt) 2.0 Beta

To remotely manage the batch versions of Windows and Office 2010 using GUI tools, you can download the vamt 2.0 beta version. With vamt 2.0, you can learn about the license status for Windows and Office 2010 installation.

To use vamt 2.0 to manage client computers, make sure that Windows Management Instrumentation (Wmi) is set as an exception on the client computer. Go to Control Panel> Windows Firewall> allow programs to pass through Windows Firewall ". To manage Windows XP computers running office 2010, see this article for details. The following is the screen for managing vamt 2.0 for my two computers:

In addition to any other computers I can access, I can monitor my desktop and portable computers. Both install the Windows Vista and office 2010 applications. Under the product key type, gvlk is a common batch license key, which belongs to the kms client key. On my laptop, I installed the Mak key from the activation page.

If you right-click my computer name, you can install the product key, trigger activation, or even perform proxy activation through vamt 2.0. Proxy activation is a method to activate multiple computers that run office 2010 and have a mak Key installed. For example, this method is helpful for computers that are not connected to the Internet. If you want to activate multiple computers in the sales team at one time, you can also use this method.

Is there a problem?

If you have any questions, please refer to office 2010 on technet to activate the resource center in batches. This includes a good video about kms and Mak and some more detailed documents.

If you have any questions, please post them to our forum (Address: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/office2010volact/threads) and our team will try our best to help you solve it!