As we all know, Office 2007's volume licensing version does not require activation, installation can be used normally, but in Office 2010 since Microsoft Office products have changed the "open" process, which means that all versions (FPP and VL ) are needed before we can activate normal use. This requires administrators of large enterprises to the Windows Software Protection Platform (SPP), also means that administrators need to know and learn about the Office Volume Activation process.
For example: Key Management Service (KMS) host can be used to activate Office 2010, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Of course, even if Office is not activated in the state, the user will see a reminder "notice", but still able to operate Office documents, such as: open, save, edit and print. In this paper, to give you the basic process and the Volume Activation information such as configuration KMS and MAK and other hosts.
How to activate the volume licensing version of Office2010?
Users to activate Office 2010 volume licensing version optional two ways: the default mode used is the KMS - local activation service, KMS need to configure a separate proxy client computer to activate the process. Another way is to MAK, with the retail version of activation similar: the need to connect to Microsoft via Internet or phone activation.
What is KMS?
KMS activation in all of Office 2010 enterprise client host system, it needs to be able to connect through the network with Microsoft. KMS use as "light" service, and less on system resources, usually by the enterprise as the role of other servers. Microsoft's internal KMS server has internal and public network testers more than 8000 active technical preview version of Office 2010, it had also been used to activate Windows 7 and Windows Vista computer.
Volume licensing version of Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 can be configured to activate the KMS host Office 2010, when Windows Server 2003 after installing KMSService can undertake this task. When the administrator first enter the KMS host activation key and confirmed, it will automatically register corresponding to the DNS service records, the KMS client can query from the network to it. Of course, KMS host is through slmgr.vbs script to configure the.
By default, KMS client key has been pre-integrated into the corresponding software which, so end users to install Office Professional Plus 2010 When you no longer need to manually enter the installation key. For example, when users install Office 2010 A, it will automatically find the DNS in the enterprise KMS server and automate the activation process. KMS server can not only activate Word 2010, Excel 2010 and PowerPoint 2010, can also activate Visio 2010, Project 2010 and InfoPath 2010.
After KMS activation is not permanent and effective, KMS client again within the 180 necessary to connect to the KMS server to activate the product. Activated until the next activation of the first 180 days, KMS must take the initiative to contact the client to re-activate the KMS server to activate after the completion of 180 days can be re-used. If activation fails for some reason, in the next 7 days Office2010 each will get the prompt for the user to activate.
What is MAK?
Users only need to recall that Office 2007 FPP (retail version) of the activation process can be easily understood MAK (Multiple Activation Key), and when users install Office 2007 FPP after the first start one of the component interface will pop up require users to connect to the Microsoft activation server to activate (or telephone activation).
In addition to the key for the activation of different enterprises or organizations, the number of different things, MAK activation key principles and the same process and FPP. For example, a company bought 50 sets of Office 2010, it acquired Oiffice 2010 MAK activation key you can activate 50 computers installed Office 2010. Clients are connected to the Microsoft activation server to activate the product, each active set of products, Microsoft will automatically activate the server 50 to deduct 1 point counts.
MAK activation until after the products in the heavy equipment can be used permanently in the same computer, users can directly use the next installation MAK keys to activate (no point deduction). Microsoft will confirm the user through a certain method is to install the same computer, if the user replace the large PC disk or motherboard, Microsoft may be to identify and determine for the user to activate another computer to another point deduction.
Volume Activation Windows and Office 2010 What is the difference?
Although the Volume Activation Windows and Office 2010 used the same technology, or require users to pay attention to the following matters:
Can be configured to activate Office 2010 KMS activation server operating systems are: Windows Server 2003 (FPP, or VL), and Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 in the VL version.
If the KMS server to activate the same number of products (such as Office 2010 and Windows 7), you need to install and activate Windows KMS host key and the Office KMS host and key.
When reached or exceeded the 5 sets of Office 2010 computer to connect to the KMS server, they will be activated together. For the Windows client operating system (Windows Vista and Windows 7), the 25 units required to connect to the KMS server will be activated.
Volume Licensing Office 2010 users according to their actual needs of the enterprise environment select MKS or MAK activation.