Windows 10: Windows Activation from home without a KMS Server

At work, we use a KMS server to activate windows for staff. Since the pandemic, they have been working from home but window devices are now requiring an activation key from the KMS server. Is there a way Windows can Activate from home without a KMS Server?

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To list KMS-server for activated installations

When the users can activate the windows installation using our KMS-server without buying or reporting the installation.

Is it possible to get a report from the KMS-server about activated installations or how can we control this kind of installations/activations?

Thanks in advance

Best Regards

/Tubay

 

Windows 7 activation with KMS

• https://www.ghacks.net/2019/01/11/microsoft-explains-the-windows-7-kms-activation-issue/
  
• Activation failures around January 8, 2019, on volume-licensed Windows 7 Service Pack 1 KMS clients - Windows Client

 

KMS Activation threshold

I am looking into setting up a KMS server vs using a MAK for a small (<100 clients) offline network of PCs with Win10 and Office 2016. I did a lot of web searching (Bing, obviously) but still have a few questions that I was not able to find answers to that
I was hoping someone could help with.

1. I know KMS has the 25 PC threshold before it will activate any, but what happens on the 26th activation request? Will the KMS server activate the 26th PC or does the threshold count start over and it will wait for 24 more activation requests?
2. After a re-image, I read that we can use the same MAK to activate Windows 10 using VAMT if we saved the .cilx file as long as there haven’t been any major hardware changes. Is this possible for Office 2016 as well? I haven’t been able to find any
   documentation on it.

Thank you!