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Invoke-LicenseActivation

SYNOPSIS

Perform an online license activation using My Milestone credentials.

SYNTAX

Invoke-LicenseActivation [-Credential] <PSCredential> [-EnableAutomaticActivation] [-Passthru]
 [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

The Invoke-LicenseActivation cmdlet perform an online license activation using My Milestone credentials. Requires that the Management Server have an internet connection and access to the Milestone Systems license activation service on HTTPS port 443.

The credentials used for license activation must match a valid My Milestone user with at least License User privelege and the software license code must already be registered to the company account.

REQUIREMENTS

  • Requires VMS connection and will attempt to connect automatically
  • Requires VMS version 20.2

EXAMPLES

Example 1

Invoke-LicenseActivation -Credential (Get-Credential) -EnableAutomaticActivation

Prompts for My Milestone credentials and then attempts a license activation using those credentials. If successful, Automatic Activation will also be enabled.

PARAMETERS

-Credential

Specifies the My Milestone credentials to use for the license activation request.

Type: PSCredential
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 0
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-EnableAutomaticActivation

Specifies whether the provided credentials should be saved and re-used for automatic license activation.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Passthru

Specifies that the result of Get-LicenseDetails should be passed into the pipeline after activation.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

INPUTS

None

OUTPUTS

System.Object

NOTES