Office 2007 Enterprise VLK - ACTIVATION

[Markus Barter]

Hello Group,
i am a ms certified member.
i have downloaded the office 2007 enterprise vlk software on the partner
portal and installed office.

now my problem or question:
when office is started the first time i will have to activate my office.
is this a new feature?
in office 2003 vlk there was no activation needed.

 

[Peter Foldes]

Markus

Yes you will need to Activate the VLK of Office 2007 Enterprise

 

[Markus Barter]

Hello Peter,

is the activation process new in Office 2003 VLK?
I want to deploy Office in our company on all clients.
That would mean that every client will activate his own installation.
In Office 2003 by example there was no activation required!

Markus

 

[Peter Foldes]

Markus.

How are you pushing out the installation and are we talking about Office 2003 or
2007

 

[Markus Barter]

Sorry, we are talking about office 2007
I will deploy with startup scripts via gpo.

Markus

 

[Peter Foldes]

If you are deploying via GPO then there is no problem. You will enter the key a
single time and the gpo install will take care of it. BTW you always needed to enter
the key unless your Office 2003 was a copied version from the original install media

 

[Markus Barter]

Hello Peter,

thank you for your reply.
Only one more question: Are we talking about the same?
I mean the activation the first time i start office after installation via
GPO.
Not the VLK for installation.

Sorry when th equestion seems to be stupid.

Markus

 

[Peter Foldes]

Markus

Presuming that the VLK (Volume License Key) is a MAK,then you need to input it the
first time when you start the installation via GPO

You can also get a very precise answer at the following link by looking up the phone
number that applies to you
http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/existing-customers/activation-centers.aspx

more info
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-ca/windows/dd197314.aspx
and
https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/servicecenter/