Windows 10 Deployement Help
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Yeah sorry looked over the posts and picked that up lol. Until I have 25 machines ready for deployment i'm going to use the MAK key. Then look at KMS server once we upgrade some of the servers here to Server2012
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You can use VAMT 3 to deploy keys, once you get to 25 machine, you can switch them from MAK to KMS keys.
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@Dashrender said:
You can use VAMT 3 to deploy keys, once you get to 25 machine, you can switch them from MAK to KMS keys.
Can I use VAMT for the MAK/KMS keys or will I need a full KMS server. Just installed a new Windows 2012 Server VM on the ESXi host to set-up RADIUS on and thought might as well do the licensing server on it too
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@hobbit666 said:
@Dashrender said:
You can use VAMT 3 to deploy keys, once you get to 25 machine, you can switch them from MAK to KMS keys.
Can I use VAMT for the MAK/KMS keys or will I need a full KMS server. Just installed a new Windows 2012 Server VM on the ESXi host to set-up RADIUS on and thought might as well do the licensing server on it too
Well, you'll need a KMS server to hand out KMS keys (which I would say - yes you should use KMS). VAMT is mainly used for auditing, but can also be used to change already deployed keys from one to another.
So you could roll out Windows 10 slowly, and when you get to 25 deployed, you spin up VAMT, change those 25 all to KMS keys... then those 25 machines will check in with the KMS server and activate. Activate might take a few hours - FYI.
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@Dashrender said:
@hobbit666 said:
@Dashrender said:
You can use VAMT 3 to deploy keys, once you get to 25 machine, you can switch them from MAK to KMS keys.
Can I use VAMT for the MAK/KMS keys or will I need a full KMS server. Just installed a new Windows 2012 Server VM on the ESXi host to set-up RADIUS on and thought might as well do the licensing server on it too
Well, you'll need a KMS server to hand out KMS keys (which I would say - yes you should use KMS). VAMT is mainly used for auditing, but can also be used to change already deployed keys from one to another.
So you could roll out Windows 10 slowly, and when you get to 25 deployed, you spin up VAMT, change those 25 all to KMS keys... then those 25 machines will check in with the KMS server and activate. Activate might take a few hours - FYI.
Yeah just been doing what I should before posting.....READ! just read all that apart from in Microsoft Language
you explained what they say over a few pages in a few lines lol.Yeah think I'm going to be close to the 25 mark very soon and will be able to use VAMT to change the keys as you said.
So now more reading on getting a KMS server running and more importantly who I phone to get the keys on the VL Centre site.
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If you will be at 25 or more machines inside of 25 days, you can use the KMS client keys now and not worry about using the MAK keys ever.
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OK so I've got my Windows 10 image done and working as I want
some little tweeks here and there over the next few weeks as I deploy and woop.Question on licensing just to cover my ass!
So I bought 1x Windows 10 Pro Volume License. As I understand this gives me the right to deploy that image using the MAK/KMS key to any OEM computer of the same version? i.e. when I buy a Windows 10 Pro Laptop or Desktop I can "deploy" this image legally?
As I also correct in thinking if I upgrade a machine Windows 7 Pro with a OEM COA or a Windows 8 Pro with BIOS key to Windows 10 activate it under the "FREE" offer from Microsoft I can still legally "deploy" this gold image?
Final Question how does this effect a SAM audit? Do I still give them the COA keys and say we "upgraded" during the offer period, then used the VL Image??
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- yes
- yes - but you must go through the upgrade process first.
- I have no clue - it's gotta be messy these days since Windows 8.x machines almost never came with a COA sticker, and pulling the keys out of the BIOS is a pain to say the least.
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Got to say just made two calls to Microsoft Licensing to get the KMS keys for windows 10 and Server 2012 for the KMS server and both calls took 5 minutes each and keys added with no issues and as I watched the screen
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@Dashrender said:
- yes
- yes - but you must go through the upgrade process first.
- I have no clue - it's gotta be messy these days since Windows 8.x machines almost never came with a COA sticker, and pulling the keys out of the BIOS is a pain to say the least.
Thx
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@hobbit666 said:
Got to say just made two calls to Microsoft Licensing to get the KMS keys for windows 10 and Server 2012 for the KMS server and both calls took 5 minutes each and keys added with no issues and as I watched the screen
That was my experience as well - it was super easy.
