About this task
Online activation requires a product key for the license or licenses you want to activate. If you do not already have the product key, retrieve it from the License Portal. Verify that the machine on which you installed the product has an Internet connection and that the online connection setting is not set to None (offline).
Note: See Related documentation and refer to the required
License Portal Help for more information on how to retrieve the product key from the
License Portal.
Note: To start an activation for a product not listed in the License
Inventory table, skip steps 1 and 2 and click Add
License to open the Choose Activation Method
dialog box.