Installing and Configuring VAMT 3.0

VAMT is designed to manage volume activation for: Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Microsoft Office 2010, and Microsoft Office 2013. Computers installed with volume editions of Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 cannot be managed using VAMT. However, Office 2010 and Office 2013 products installed on these two operating systems can still be managed. 

For further information please follow Microsoft technet article. 

 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh824953.aspx

Download VAMT 3: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=39982

1. Remove previously installed VAMT 2.0 from your server (if installed).
2. Download the tool from the above Microsoft Downloads link and install this on to one of your domain controllers/or a workstation (the tool needs to gather information from the Active Directory). 
3. It will download adksetup.exe then double click it.
4. In Specify location window chose the first option to download and install the Assessment and Deployment Kit in this computer.
5. Select No on next screen -> next -> click Accept and on the 'Select the feature window' Deselect all the other and select only Volume Activation management Tool (VAMT) and Microsoft SQl server 2012 express.
6. If you have any previous SQL express version or need to access the remote SQL then leave the sql 2012 express, if not select SQL express 2012 also.
7. Then click install.
8. After the installation is finished and you open the VAMT tool for the first time you need to specify a database, select the Server, then select   and just type the name of the new database. Type VAMT as database name. To configure remote SQL server follow steps mentioned in "For Remote SQLExpress access".
9. The default database name will be ADK by default, VAMT is configured to use an SQL database that is installed on the local machine during ADK setup and displays the server name as .\ADK.
10. On the right pane window right click the Products and select discover products.
11. In Discover product window select "Search for computers in active directory" and provide the daomin name in Domain filter criteria.
12. Select the required products and on the right side window select the computers to activate.
13. Then right click the computer name (you can select multiple computers also) then select ->update license status -> select current credential.
14. Now it will update the product information and the computers will be available in its corresponding product list (eg: for office it will be listed in Office products and windows 7 in Windows list).
15. If you are using the connection without any proxy server you can select Online activate -> current credential. If using proxy follow below step.
16. Then right click the computer in the products and then select Activate -> Proxy activate -> Choose the option "Acquire confirmation ID, apply to selected machines(s) and activate". (Do not enable the tick mark below.)
17. Click Ok, It will activate the product.