activation

Steps to Manually Configure Microsoft Products to Activate via the UCLA KMS  These directions are intended for non-system administrators activating single machines.

**Note if you are a DNS System Administrator please visit our Microsoft KMS Activation page for System Administrators

Make sure your computer has the correct time/date/time zone. Your computer must be up to date with the latest MS security patches.

UCLA System Administrators can configure their machines to locate UCLA's campus-wide KMS service using either of the following two methods. The machines to be activated are required to use a UCLA IP address.

**Note*** if you are not a System Administrator, please visit our Microsoft KMS activation page for non-System Administrators.

AUTO-DISCOVERY

Microsoft has rolled-out a new type of product activation called Volume Activation (VA) for products such as Office , Windows and Windows Server. 

PLEASE NOTE:  These mechanisms are not yet required to use other Microsoft products, but Microsoft has stated that it is their plan to require this for other products in the future.