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MSDN / TechNet Key Importer for KeePass 2

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If you have an MSDN account and, like me, systematically claim keys just as well as you systematically forget which keys you’ve used in which test environments!

If you have an MSDN account and, like me, systematically claim keys just as well as you systematically forget which keys you’ve used in which test environments! Well, in a meager attempt to help myself track my keys, I created an importer for KeePass 2 that takes in the XML document that you can export from MSDN and TechNet. The source is available here.

UPDATE

GitHub has chosen to deprecate the downloads section for files. Right now, to download the DLL, you can go here, but I will look into options for hosting these files somewhere else in the future.

How Do I Get my KeysExport.xml from MSDN or TechNet?

Easy! First, in MSDN, go to your product keys.

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From there, at the top right, select Export to XML.

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This will let you download an XML file full of your Microsoft Keys.

How Do I Import It into KeePass 2?

The instructions are simple and available in the GitHub ReadMe.md, so I won’t repeat them. Here is a screenshot of what the imported result looks like:

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As you can see, the import process creates a group called Microsoft Product Keys and creates a subgroup for each product. The individual entries each represent an individual key, stored in the password field. The importer decides if a key is new based on the key stored in the password, so you can edit the notes or title for the individual entries, however you please without worrying about them being overwritten or duplicated if you re-import an updated KeysExport.xml from MSDN! This lets you keep track of where those pesky keys are in use and have the keys available anywhere you can access your KeePass database!

License

This article, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)


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Stacy is a VB.NET developer with over two years experience in Microsoft Development. His experiences include Visual FoxPro 9, VB6, VB.NET for frameworks 1.1, 2.0, and 3.5.

Stacy maintains the blog http://www.wtfnext.com on VB.NET technologies and his personal life, and he is active in the Baton Rouge and Second Life DNUGs.

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