diff --git a/windows/deployment/volume-activation/install-vamt.md b/windows/deployment/volume-activation/install-vamt.md
index 9a229185cc..86f5ade189 100644
--- a/windows/deployment/volume-activation/install-vamt.md
+++ b/windows/deployment/volume-activation/install-vamt.md
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ ms.prod: w10
 ms.mktglfcycl: deploy
 ms.sitesec: library
 ms.pagetype: activation
-audience: itpro
author: greg-lindsay
+audience: itpro
+author: greg-lindsay
 ms.localizationpriority: medium
 ms.date: 03/11/2019
 ms.topic: article
@@ -34,8 +35,9 @@ You install VAMT as part of the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) for
 - [Windows Server with Desktop Experience](https://docs.microsoft.com/windows-server/get-started/getting-started-with-server-with-desktop-experience), with internet access and all updates applied
 - [Windows 10, version 1809 ADK](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2026036)
 - [SQL Server 2017 Express](https://www.microsoft.com/sql-server/sql-server-editions-express)
+- alternatively any full SQL instance e.g. SQL Server 2014 or newer incl. CU / SP
 
-### Install SQL Server 2017 Express
+### Install SQL Server 2017 Express / alternatively use any Full SQL instance e.g. SQL Server 2014 or newer
 
 1. Download and open the [SQL Server 2017 Express](https://www.microsoft.com/sql-server/sql-server-editions-express) package.
 2. Select **Basic**.
@@ -46,20 +48,23 @@ You install VAMT as part of the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) for
 
 ### Install VAMT using the ADK
 
-1. Download and open the [Windows 10, version 1809 ADK](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2026036) package.
+1. Download and open the [Windows 10, version 1903 ADK](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2086042) package.
+Reminder: There won't be new ADK release for 1909.
 2. Enter an install location or use the default path, and then select **Next**.
 3. Select a privacy setting, and then select **Next**.
 4. Accept the license terms.
 5. On the **Select the features you want to install** page, select **Volume Activation Management Tool (VAMT)**, and then select **Install**. (You can select additional features to install as well.)
 6. On the completion page, select **Close**.
 
-### Configure VAMT to connect to SQL Server 2017 Express
+### Configure VAMT to connect to SQL Server 2017 Express or full SQL Server
 
 1. Open **Volume Active Management Tool 3.1** from the Start menu.
-2. Enter the server instance name and a name for the database, select **Connect**, and then select **Yes** to create the database. See the following image for an example.
+2. Enter the server instance name (for a remote SQL use the FQDN) and a name for the database, select **Connect**, and then select **Yes** to create the database. See the following image for an example for SQL.
 
     ![Server name is .\SQLEXPRESS and database name is VAMT](images/vamt-db.png)
 
+for remote SQL Server use
+servername.yourdomain.com