Configuration MAK in Provisioning Services Server.

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Instructions

1 Login as local administrator and Install Volume Activation Management Tool 3.1 on your PVS server.
   You can get VAMT install media from Windows ADK.

2 Install PowerShell 4.0 or later version on your PVS server.

3 Install MS SQL 2012 or newer on your PVS server.

4 Create a MAK user who is set in the site’s properties.
This user handles the MAK activation on both server and client side. This user is a local administrator on both the Provisioning Services server and the master client. This user requires full access to the VAMT database.

5 Run VAMT 3.1 as local administrator to initialize tool in order to create vamt database.

6 Set the Provisioning Services server security configuration to use PowerShell to interface with VAMT.

# Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope CurrentUser unrestricted
You will found the official docs show that "Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope <the Provisioning Services services user> unrestricted ".
If you input your PVS service user then the set-executionpolicy will raise a error.
You can only use one of Process, CurrentUser, LocalMachine, UserPolicy, MachinePolicy after "- Scope"

# WinRM quickconfig

# Enable-WSManCredSSP -Role Client -DelegateComputer <this server’s fqdn> -Force

# Enable-WSManCredSSP -Role Server –Force.

7 Configure your firewall to allow VAMT access.
  Refer https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh825136.aspx

8 Input MAK username and password from site's properties.ie. ".\administrator"
   Make sure MAK user is a local administrator both master device and target device.
   Also make sure your PVS service account must be a member of local administrator group in your PVS servers.

9 Start all target devices.

10 Click "Manage MAK Activations" from PVS console.
    Right click your mouse on collection that including your target devices. You will find "Manage MAK Activations" after click "Target Devices".

11 You will see the MAK dialog then Input your MAK Activation Key.

12 Choose target device which you want to activate.Then click OK.

If the following raised then run "winrm quickconfig" on your master device.

Error: Failed to create PSSession — Reason: MAK user is not a local administrator on the Provisioning Services server.
 

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