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# Invoke-RASLicenseActivate

## NAME

Invoke-RASLicenseActivate

## SYNOPSIS

Activates Parallels RAS using a license key.

## SYNTAX

**Invoke-RASLicenseActivate** \[[Email](#email-string)] *(string)* \[[Password](#password-string)] *(SecureString)* \[\[-[Key](#key-string)] *(string)*] \[\[-[MacAddress](#macaddress-string)] *(string)*] \[*(*[*CommonParameters*](#CommonParameters)*)*]

## DESCRIPTION

Activates Parallels RAS using a valid license key.

It also allows you to activate Parallels RAS as a trial version.

## PARAMETERS

## Email (string)

The email address you use to log in to Parallels My Account.

```
        Required?                    true

        Position?                    0

        Default value                

        Accept pipeline input?       false

        Accept wildcard characters?  false
```

## Password (SecureString)

Your Parallels account password.

```
        Required?                    true

        Position?                    1

        Default value                

        Accept pipeline input?       false

        Accept wildcard characters?  false
```

## Key (string)

Parallels RAS License Key. The key must be registered in Parallels My Account.

To activate Parallels RAS as a trial version, omit this parameter.

```
        Required?                    false

        Position?                    2

        Default value                

        Accept pipeline input?       false

        Accept wildcard characters?  false
```

## MacAddress (string)

Bind the license activation with a specific MAC address.

The MAC address should be in the format XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX.

To select a MAC address automatically, omit this parameter.

```
        Required?                    false

        Position?                    3

        Default value                

        Accept pipeline input?       false

        Accept wildcard characters?  false
```

(CommonParameters)

```
        This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,

        ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,

        OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see 

        about_CommonParameters documentation. 
```

## INPUTS

-none-

## OUTPUTS

-none-

## EXAMPLES

**---------- EXAMPLE 1 ----------**

Invoke-RASLicenseActivate -Email "<name@company.com>" -Password $SecretPass -Key "QPWO-WRET-XVBC-IOUP"

Activates Parallels RAS using the specified Parallels My Account credentials and license key.

The $SecretPass variable must contain a password as SecureString.

If you omit the -Password parameter, you'll be asked to enter it when you execute the cmdlet.

## RELATED LINKS

* [Invoke-RASLicenseDeactivate](/landing/ras-powershell-api-guide/parallels-ras-powershell-admin-module/commands/invoke-raslicensedeactivate.md)
* [Get-RASLicenseDetails](/landing/ras-powershell-api-guide/parallels-ras-powershell-admin-module/commands/get-raslicensedetails.md)


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