MCSA 70 740 Notes
MCSA 70 740 Notes
MCSA 70 740 Notes
o Edition?
6 versions
o Roles and features
o Physical or virtual
o Installation option
Desktop
Server Core
Nano server
Editions
o Datacenter
Highly virtualized datacenters and cloud
Advanced featureset
Unlimited OSE (operating system environments)
o Standard
Physical or lightly virtualized environments
o Essentials
Single servers shop
1 OSE
o Multipoint premium server
o Storage server
o Hyper-V server
Product Keys
o Retail Key
One time use
o OEM Keys
Burnt in to the system that a manufacturer sells
o Volume Licensing
Has multiple activation models
MAK (Multiple Activation Keys)
o Designed for smaller networks (less than 50 machines)
o Purchase predetermined number of activations with one key
o Two activation modes
MAK independent mode
Activates one machine at a time over the
internet. Communicates with Microsoft host
activation service.
MAK proxy activation
Single server handles all server activations
Requires VAMT
o Volume Activation management Tools
KMS (Key Management Service)
o Designed for larger networks
o Uses client server model
o Utilizes a KMS host with VAMT (volume activation management
tools)
Has a CSVLK (Consumer server volume license key)
o Works through DNS using a Servise locater record.
Utilizes DNS to discover hosts, and dns to communicate
with hosts.
o KMS host activates all clients on the network
Must meet the Activation Threshold
Requires 25 clients or 5 servers
Reactivates every 180 days for clients,
Attempt to renew their activation every 7 days
KMS clients use a GVLK (Generic Volume License Key)
Utilized to conver MAK to KMS client
ADBA (Active-Directory- Based Activation)
o Similar to KMS, But hosts the CSVLK as an activation object in
active directory
o Computers joined to domain are activated
o Reccomended Activation model
o Doesn’t require a kmso
o Requires server 2012 and higher, or windows 8 and up
AVMA (Automatic Virtual Machine activation)
o Good for Virtual machines running on activated Hyper-V host
o Requires Hyper-V host running server datacenter edition (2012
r2 or 2016)
o Virtual machines can be datacenter standard or essentials
edition