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Brass Contributor

Oct 26, 2020

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implementing ADBA (active directory-base activation)

Hello We will implementing ADBA service to activate our Windows 10 machines. What will happen to other servers (2019,2012R2) that are already activated with a MAK key ? thanks for your he...

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hasanemresatilmis
Oct 27, 2020

Hi Charles-André Bélanger,

Yes. Computers which activated with a MAK license key don't need to activate via KMS server.

Even if you delete the license key from the computer licensed with the MAK license key and license those computers via the KMS server, your number of MAK license keys don't increase.

hasanemresatilmis

MCT

Oct 27, 2020

Hi Charles-André Bélanger,

You can use MAK keys and KMS keys together in your organization.

MAK and KMS Combination

Reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/licensing/products-keys-faq

Also, you can use Volume Activation Management Tool (VAMT) to manage your volume activations which using Multiple Activation Keys (MAKs) or the Windows Key Management Service (KMS)

Reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/volume-activation/volume-activation-management-tool

Charles-André Bélanger

Brass Contributor

Oct 27, 2020

thanks for your answer,

so any computers that is already activated with a MAK key, will not try to reactivate itself agains the ADBA service

hasanemresatilmis
MCT
Oct 27, 2020

Hi Charles-André Bélanger,

Yes. Computers which activated with a MAK license key don't need to activate via KMS server.

Even if you delete the license key from the computer licensed with the MAK license key and license those computers via the KMS server, your number of MAK license keys don't increase.