Install Without a Product Key in the Configuration File
For security purposes, you might not want to store the product key within the configuration file. Instead, you can use the -PIDKey parameter, followed by your product key in quotes on the command line with the Install-SharePoint cmdlet, as in Listing 3.4.
Listing 3.4. Installing SharePoint from the Command Line with a Product Key
Install-SharePoint -setupexepath D:\setup.exe -configxmlpathc:\config.xml -PIDKey "ABDCE-FGHIJ-KLMNO-PQRST-UVWXY"
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