"Of course," Alex muttered. "They changed the product activation type."
He called his old mentor, Carmen.
He opened the Volume Activation Tools. He needed to install the —a specific key from Microsoft's Volume Licensing Service Center. The problem: Dave had the VLSC password. And Dave was on his boat, unreachable until Monday. Office 365 Kms Activation
He saved the PowerShell script, documented the steps, and added a calendar reminder for 170 days from now: "Check KMS activation count." "Of course," Alex muttered
Alex refreshed the KMS dashboard.