Comments on: Windows Server 2008 and Vista SP1 licensing essentials – KMS 1.1 – VAMT 1.1

By: kms for vista and windows 2008

kms for vista and windows 2008 — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 06:31:16 +0000

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By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:55:01 +0000

Lukas, yeah we don’t live in dreamland, but we can complain in our blogs which might help make our dreams come true.

Jarred, I hoped MS would offer a better KMS when Server 2008 comes out. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case. I suppose it will take some time until companies experience problems and will demand better tools. Configuring KMS is fairly easy. However it can take quite a while until you realize some machines weren’t activated. The weakness of KMS and VAMT will only become obvious when more organizations start deploying Vista and Server 2008.

By: Jarred Fehr

Jarred Fehr — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:47:00 +0000

You said it. I’m all for Microsoft protecting their wares, but the MAK/KMS implementation leaves a lot to be desired. I can only hope things will be better quickly.

By: Lukas Beeler

Lukas Beeler — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:37:35 +0000

Baw, this looks really bad.

I still think Business Software should just work, enforced licensing just adds a layer that’s not necessary and could introduce failures.

Unfortunately, we don’t live in happy dreamland.