As Microsoft promised late last year, the company has ported some of its volume-activation technology to Windows Server 2003.
Microsoft has made available for download 32- and 64-bit versions of its Key Management Service for Windows Server 2003 Service Pack (SP) 1 systems, as noted on the Windows Connected blog.
"Microsoft has made a significant change that will affect many enterprise customers," blogged Phillips. "This update will not activate machines if running inside a virtual machine. This bucks the growing industry trend of virtualization for all classes of servers. In an effort to reduce piracy they are again punishing the very customers it is designed to protect."
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