
6 Operating System Activation Guide
The operating system activation occurs with the OEM media that the system
was shipped with. If the system did not ship with pre-installed Windows
operating system, it does not have any version of OA.
A Windows Server 2008-based operating system installed as a virtual machine
requires a virtual product key to activate the guest operating system. To install
on physical systems that are not OA 2.0 enabled, the product key on the
Certificate of Authenticity (COA) label must be used.
Product Key and Virtual Key
The product key is a 25-character string with each of the characters separated
by a hyphen. The product key is optional during the operating system setup
process but it is required during the activation process.
For Dell systems running a Windows Server 2008-based operating system,
you receive the following two keys:
•
Product Key
– It is used to activate the operating system that is installed
on the physical system.
•
Virtual Key
– It is used to activate the software that is used as a guest
operating system, installed on a virtual machine.
NOTE: The Product Key and Virtual Key are printed on the Certificate of
Authority (COA) sticker.
For detailed license terms related to guest operating system instances,
see article 949748 on the Microsoft Technet website at
technet.microsoft.com/kb.
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