Linked Clones and Software Licensing VMware Communities. On the KMS, you will install the KMS and during this process you will activate that machine with a MAK license in a sense. I have ours hosted on a virtual Windows 7 Machine. I use the same VM for both the OS and the Office. On this machine the Keys are activated like a retail edition of both. When you get the vda and volume licenses for the MS products they will give you two types of keys. KMS and MAK. MAK is the tradional MS retail type license that is activated by the user w admin rights. The KMS keys are a volume key that give you a certain amount of time to activate the machine. You can either use a couple of DNS entries or add a bat script to tell the machines where to look for the KMS. Each time you provision a linked clone, the linked clone is going to go to Out Of Box mode and will need to be activated and the same for the Office. Like a fresh install and will activate off of the KMS in place of the internet connection. These licenses must contact the KMS every 9. I believe before they hit the un registered mark and go into limited mode. On your Gold image you will use the KMS keys as you will want these to be on the linked clones. EDIT You will use the customization wizard script to define which key is applied to the linked clone during compose. You can use either the MAK or the KMS key on the Gold Image EDIT Here is the thing to remember with KMS, you are not activating the machines from Microsoft, you are activating the machines from your own KMS machine. That machine will contact the Microsoft server for its activation. Microsoft KMS http www. Microsoft Office 2. KMS Pack http www. Discovery of KMS Machine and Manual Activation of KMS machines http technet. Copy File With Progress Bar Vb.Net there. Microsoft Windows 7 and 2. KMS http www. A good KMS resource blog http www. Another good explaination of KMS and its workings http www. Another helpful hint on the machines and config wizards, if you are not doing anything fancy dont use the sys prep, use the VMware quick prep. Much easier and nicer to use. BibMe Free Bibliography Citation Maker MLA, APA, Chicago, Harvard. Review of MISys Manufacturing Software system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs. Distribution Release Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat has announced the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL 7. Choosing between QuickBooks and Peachtree Free Trials. Picking the right accounting software is an important decision. Learn more about MISys Manufacturing Software a leader in the manufacturing software industry for more than 25 years. About a dozen federal statutes offer statutory damages to successful plaintiffs. As the name suggests. Recruitment agencies in Dubai Abu Dhabi Sharjah UAE. Monarch High School Drivers Ed'>Monarch High School Drivers Ed. The majority of the recruitments in Dubai and Abu Dhabi are processed through the recruitment agencies. Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Easily share your publications and get.