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not have administrator permissions to activate with MAK by setting the appropriate registry key in the
deployments or in the master image:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\OfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatform\UserOperations
= 1
This registry key can also be set through the ospp.vbs script. For more information about ospp.vbs, see
Tools to configure client computers in Office 2010.
Plan for Active Directory-Based activation
Similar to KMS activation, which activates all Office VL clients that are connected to a KMS host, Active
Directory-Based Activation activates all Office VL clients in an Active Directory domain. For more
information about Active Directory-Based Activation, see Active Directory-Based Activation Overview.
Plan for MAK activation
We recommend MAK for computers that rarely or never connect to the corporate network and for
environments in which fewer than five physical computers need activation (the Office 2013 Preview
KMS activation threshold is five computers. You can use MAK for individual computers or with an image
that can be installed by using Microsoft or third-party deployment solutions. You can also use MAK on a
computer that was originally configured to use KMS activation. This is useful for moving a computer off
the core network to a disconnected environment.
For more information about how to install a MAK key, see Deploy volume activation for Office 2010.
No authenticated proxy server support
Activation over the Internet will be blocked if the proxy server requires user authentication. In Microsoft
Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server, this setting is named basic authentication. Because
activation requests do not present the user's credentials to the proxy server, we recommend that you
do not use basic authentication with ISA Server or other proxy servers. For more information, see
Microsoft Knowledge Base article 921471: Activation fails when you try to activate Windows Vista or
Windows Server 2008 over the Internet.