{"id":9582,"date":"2015-12-10T19:42:35","date_gmt":"2015-12-11T03:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vspherestorage.com\/?p=9582"},"modified":"2015-12-10T19:44:09","modified_gmt":"2015-12-11T03:44:09","slug":"deploying-windows-images-with-kms-keys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vspherestorage.com\/?p=9582","title":{"rendered":"Deploying Windows Images with KMS keys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Deploying Windows Images with KMS keys<\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/bit.ly\/1IICfpy' target='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/d3utlhu53nfcwz.cloudfront.net\/171901\/cdnImage\/article\/c41a3f15-e76d-4efc-969d-56c92815a3b9\/?size=Box320'><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><a href='http:\/\/bit.ly\/1IICfpy' style='text-decoration: none;' target='_blank'>Deploying Windows Images with KMS keys<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>I\u2019m not all that familiar with Windows licensing models, so I stumbled into a bit of surprise with KMS keys recently. 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