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Dongjianhua
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Enthusiast

Refresh & Recompose

Hi,

Will the refresh and recompose activities impact the Windows and Office Product Activation inside the desktop virtual machines ? Will these cause to lost the activiation information ?

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Dongjianhua
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Enthusiast

??????

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kevinpower
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Enthusiast

Hello,

Do you use mak keys or Kms?

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Dongjianhua
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Enthusiast

KMS, I just want to know if it will contact the KMS server for new activiation or not, after Refreshing & Recomposing'',

BTW, if i use MAK key, how to deal with such situation?

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Dongjianhua
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Enthusiast

Hello.

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h3nkY
VMware Employee
VMware Employee

Refresh will not run activation but recompose yes.

MAK is not supported use case.

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TomHowarth
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Leadership

refresh actions will not, ilicite a new activation process but a recompose will as it is a brand new VM.  further MAK based activation is to my knowledge not supported.

Tom Howarth VCP / VCAP / vExpert
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