

Typically, only one MAK key is provided per subscription.

MAKs are used with Volume Licensing versions of products. In many cases, 10 activations are allowed per key, though often more are allowed on the same machine. Retail keys allow multiple activations and are used for retail builds of the product. Submit and view feedback for This product This page. Important If your subscription expires, you will no longer be able to claim new keys or export your claimed keys. Locating and claiming product keys You must be signed in to your Visual Studio subscription to view your product keys. Feedback will be sent to Microsoft: By pressing the submit button, your feedback will be used to improve Microsoft products and services. For more information about downloading software, see the downloading overview. You will need to open the file with an application capable of handling.įor example, you can open the file as a read-only workbook in Excel. To export your keys, select the Export all keys link at the far right of the Product Keys page.

If your subscription expires, you will no longer be able to claim new keys or export your claimed keys. You can export a list of the keys you have claimed. You might, for example, make notes when you activate an installation of the product using the key. Notice that you can record a brief note about claimed keys in the Notes column. One key each has already been claimed for Visual Studio Enterprise versions Additional keys of different types are still available for both versions. As you can see, there are several versions listed. You can export your claimed keys from the Product Keys page while your subscription is active. Only subscribers with active subscriptions can download products and claim product keys. You can claim a key from the download page for the product, or you can search for the key you need on the Product Keys page. Other keys must be claimed by selecting the Get Key link for the product. In these cases, the product key entered determines which edition of the product is installed. Some products bundle multiple editions of the product into a single download. When multiple keys exist for a single product, notes will be displayed on the Notes column for the download to assist you in identifying which key should be used. Individual product keys are found by selecting the blue Get Key link for a particular product on the Downloads page as shown below.Īll keys are also available in aggregate on the Product Keys page. You must be signed in to your Visual Studio subscription to view your product keys. For more information about activating a product with a key, retail and volume license versions of keys, and daily product key claim limits, visit the product keys overview.
