Volume License Keys: Open License Customers
Purchasing Software Assurance under your Open License agreement makes you eligible to upgrade to the next version of the product enrolled if it releases during the two-year term of your agreement. The following changes may affect you when you upgrade or purchase new licenses.
Volume Licensing CDs (Microsoft Product CDs that you purchase through your reseller) will be the only media available for multiple installations under the terms of an Open License agreement. Volume Licensing and Microsoft MSDN CDs will no longer include a product key (previously printed on the CD packaging). To use Volume Licensing or MSDN CDs, Open License agreement customers will need to acquire a Volume License Key; retail media will not accept Volume License Keys. When you deploy a product by using Volume Licensing or MSDN CDs, you will need a 25-character product key. Use the appropriate Volume License Key instead of the product key that was previously located on the Volume Licensing or MSDN CD packaging. These special Volume License Keys facilitate multiple installations from a single Volume Licensing CD. You will not be able to install a product from a Volume Licensing or MSDN CD without this Volume License Key.
Volume License Keys are available from the eOpen Web site. You may also obtain your Volume License Key by contacting the Microsoft Activation Center for your region. You will need to do the following:
1. | Obtain the following information before you call the Microsoft Activation Center:
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2. | Call the Microsoft Activation Center.
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3. | Obtain your Volume License Keys from the customer service representative. |
Go to the eOpen Web site
Find the telephone number for your local Microsoft Activation Center
Note These telephone numbers are for Volume License Keys only.
