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Key Management Services (KMS) explained

Posted by: hho in Multiple Activation Key, MAK, KMS, Key Management Service on Sep 26, 2011

When installing Windows Server 2008 (R2) or Windows Vista / 7 in your network you must think about volume activation. With volume activation there are two (2) different models for completing this. These are Key Management Service (KMS) and Multiple Activation Key (MAK). Both are working and has there own benefits.

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