Activating the User

Users must be certified to create or consume rights management–protected content. This is accomplished by obtaining a rights account certificate (RAC) for the user, which associates a user with a set of trusted identifiers that are authorized for use on a particular trusted device. The credential is issued under a particular group policy. The RAC can be used only on the computer or device for which it is issued; however, the user can obtain other certificates to use licensed content on other machines or devices.

Activating a user is very similar to activating a computer. That is, you can call the DRMIsActivated function to determine whether a computer and the logged-on user have already been activated. If they have not, call the DRMActivate function. DRMActivate is asynchronous, and you must define a callback function that it can use to indicate whether activation succeeded. For more information about certifying a user, see User Activation.

The UserActivation sample included with the AD RMS SDK shows how to activate a user. For more information, see Client Sample Programs.

See Also

Callback Function
Creating Events for Asynchronous Functions
Methods Used by All Client Applications
AD RMS Callback Function Reference
DRMCreateClientSession
DRMGetServiceLocation

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