Office not Activating in App Layering (incl. MCS Image Prep OS Rearm Failed)

Due to the complexity of Microsoft licensing, App Layering utilizes our own set of scripts to ensure Windows & Office activation. These scripts are a part of the "Citrix App Layering OS Machine Tools," and their misconfiguration is the leading cause of the "Image Preparation OS Rearm Failed" erro...

Problems activating PVS Target Devices configured for KMS licensing

Your PVS Target Devices are configured for KMS licensing, and after activating the first PVS Target device, activation of other PVS Target Devices devices fail. When you look more closely at the Target Devices you find that the devices all share the same CMID. This means that when building the...

Configuring KMS Licensing for Windows and Office

This article contains information for administrators about configuring Citrix Provisioning , formerly Provisioning ServicesPVS 5.6 Service Pack 1 or later target devices that are using the Microsoft Key Management Server KMS in their environment. Background KMS can be configured on the virtual di...