How to activate Acrobat 12

How does an IT administrator activate Acrobat Pro 12? I have the option to sign in or create an enterprise ID. Will my users be asked again to sign in, or if I activate as administrator is that good enough? What happens if I move an installation to another system? Is there an 'activation limit'?
How will these things change when I'm looking at upgrading Acrobat standard 11 to 12? Currently I only have a 12 Pro (upgrade) license, but we have many 11 Std licenses we will probably upgrade at some point in the future.
We are mostly using Windows 7 Professional. Our domain users are "restricted" or "standard" users and not able to install/update their own software. We (IT administrators) usually install the license key when we install the software, but now that requires an adobe sign in. My colleagues in our IT may not have my adobe sign-in information, how is that to be handled?
I saw the option to create an Enterprise adobe ID, but no explanation as to what that is. Could somebody give a run-down on how a small IT staff should be handling licensing with Acrobat 12, and what an Enterprise ID is?
I apologize if this has already been covered. The search results didn't get me anywhere close to this topic.
Thanks
-Derek

DC products introduce two tracks: Continuous and Classic. You need to decide which track to be on prior to deployment as they are quite different. See Document Cloud Product Tracks — Enterprise Administration Guide
The Classic track is "business as usual" (like 11). Use a license to preserialize the installer.
The Continuous track can use a license, but it also can be activated by user ID for admins who want to use named-user deployments and manage entitlements via the Enterprise Dashboard.
Hope that gets you started.
Ben

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