# Transition to Reserved status

The Reserved status can only be accessed from the Ready status.

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Hideez Key switches to the Reserved status when the key is assigned to the user. You can set a hardware vault to the employee in 2 ways:

* [Assign Hideez Key to an existing user](/hideez-enterprise-server/hardware-vaults/assign-a-key-to-the-user.md#option-2-assigning-hideez-key-to-the-existing-employee);
* [When creating a user manually, add the Hideez Key to one of the steps of the wizard](/hideez-enterprise-server/employees/how-to-add-an-employee.md).

Also, at this moment, the system generates an activation code - a 6-digit number. The administrator can send an activation code from the system to the user's e-mail or transmit to the user by any communication channel outside the system. As soon as the [activation procedure](/hideez-enterprise-server/keys-management/keys-activation-mechanism.md) is completed, the activation code will be removed from the system.

If the activation is unsuccessful, the device is blocked and goes into the **Locked** status.

[How to get out of the Locked status?](/hideez-enterprise-server/keys-management/way-out-from-locked-status.md)


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