Activate
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Zee Drive has different modes of activation; as a personal computer, desktop server, hot desk computer and partner subscription. All use the same ZeeDrive.exe executable but the process of activation is different.
To activate Zee Drive on a personal computer you will need your Office 365 username and your Zee Drive activation code. Your Zee Drive activation code is specific to your username. If you don't have it ask your administrator for it.
First, and run it. The Zee Drive wizard will start up. Click the next button and enter your Office 365 username and Zee Drive activation code. After successfully validating your details continue following the wizard to activate Zee Drive.
After successful activation, Zee Drive will start-up and map the network drives that the subscription administrator has configured.
To activate Zee Drive as a hot desk computer you will need your Zee Drive administrator username and activation code.
First, and run it on the target computer. The Zee Drive wizard will start up. Click the next button and enter your Zee Drive administrator username and Zee Drive activation code. If the Zee Drive subscription is administered from a partner subscription you will need your Zee Drive partner username and activation code. After successfully validating your details click the blue "hot desk computer" link that shows.
The wizard will walk you through the activation process.
After completing the activation of Zee Drive, the next time a user signs on to the hot desk computer, Zee Drive will start up and map the user's network drives. If the computer is Entra ID joined or on Active Directory, the username will be automatically resolved otherwise the user will be prompted for their username on first start-up. See also Active Directory Username Resolution
Hot desk computers can be activated automatically via the command line. See for information on how to set up the shared activation code and .
To activate Zee Drive as a desktop server (for RDS, Citrix, and Azure VD) you will need your Zee Drive administrator username and activation code.
The wizard will walk you through the activation process which will include assigning shared computer licences to the licence pool. The number of shared computer licences in the licence pool determines the maximum number of concurrent users supported on the server.
After completing the activation of Zee Drive, the next time a user signs on to the desktop server, Zee Drive will start up, assign a shared computer licence from the licence pool to the user's session and then map the user's network drives.
Zee Drive will automatically resolve the user's Office 365 username by looking up the value from the Active Directory property "userprincipalname". This property is typically set to the user's Office 365 username. If not, you can change this lookup property in Zee Drive to another AD property such as "mail". To do this, the Zee Drive administrator should select the option "manage hot desk computers and desktop servers" from the Zee Drive administration console then choose the "Configure AD attribute for username lookup" option.
To activate your Zee Drive partner subscription on a personal computer you will need your Zee Drive partner username and your Zee Drive activation code. Your Zee Drive activation code is specific to your username. If you don't have it ask your Zee Drive partner subscription administrator for it.
The partner subscription is now available from the Zee Drive console. Click the blue Z icon in your system tray area and the Zee Drive partner subscription console will open.
First, and run it on the target server. The Zee Drive wizard will start up. Click the next button and enter your and Zee Drive activation code. After successfully validating your details click the blue "desktop server" link that shows.
For more information on desktop servers please refer to
First, and run it. The Zee Drive wizard will start up. Click the next button and enter your Zee Drive partner username and activation code. After successfully validating your details continue following the wizard to activate Zee Drive on your computer.