[Psml] Product Key for Microsoft SW from TechSoup

[Rich Stidger]

Like many other squadrons, we have ordered Windows 7 Pro from 
Techsoup.  the procedure is to log on to https://eopen.microsoft.com to 
obtain your Product Key for installation.

When I obtained our product key it was (apparently by default) a KMS type 
of key.  This KMS key requires the squadron computers to be connected to 
a server and the product authorization is done at the local server level.

This is not our configuration.  All of our computers are independent and not 
on a local network.  What we really needed was a MAK type of key that 
allows individual users to install and then authenticate directly with 
Microsoft.

After several hours of searching Microsoft and learning about volume 
licensing, I finally discovered that at the top of the page that displays all of 
your previous and current Product Keys is a link that will generate a MAK 
key for any software title that has a KMS key.

It could not have been more obtuse.

So if you need a MAK key, from the eOpen page, click on the link on the 
left side that shows all your product keys.  Then at the top of that page, 
click on the link to generate the MAK key.




P/C G. Richard Stidger, SN
Berkshire Power Squadron
Editor, Berkshire LOG
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