You’re mainly looking for the license state near the far right, you want to see “1” meaning the client is activated. If you want some additional confirmation, dig into the key management event log and look for events with the ID of 12290. Name: Windows Server(R), ServerStandard editionĭescription: Windows Operating System – Windows Server(R), VOLUME_KMS_2012_C channel Therefore, Server 2012 R2 KMS host key can (unofficially) activate: - Server 2012 R2 - Server 2012 - Server 2008 - Windows 8. Now would be a good time to run slmgr /dli all > after.txt and compare with your results from earlier. Server OS KMS host keys activate server and client OS's from a server, but client OS KMS host keys can only activate client OS's from a client OS. If a client computer running Windows 7 later contacts that KMS host, KMS increases the cache size to 50 to accommodate the higher threshold. Appendix A: KMS Client Setup Keys Computers that are running volume licensing editions of Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2.
Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems, GT63C-RJFQ3-4GMB6-BRFB9-CB83V. A KMS host that is contacted only by KMS client computers running Windows Server 2008 R2 would cache the 10 most recent CMIDs. Operating system edition, KMS Client Setup Key. Use the following command to add the new key: The KMS activation threshold for Windows Server 2008 R2 is 5.
To install and activate your new KMS license key.
If I run slmgr -dlv from the KMS Host and client I see the Software licensing service version is not the same.
Once the installation is complete you must restart the server. KMS 1.2 is running on Windows Server 2003 and has activated other KMS Clients.
Once this update has been applied the KMS host will be able to service the following KMS clients:īefore running the update, I’d recommend you record the output of your existing configuration by running:ĭownload the required KB2757817 update package from here: KMS Client key: Windows Server 2008 Datacenter: 7M67G-PC374-GR742-YH8V4-TCBY3: Windows Server 2008 Datacenter without Hyper-V: 22XQ2-VRXRG-P8D42-K34TD-G3QQC: Windows Server 2008 Enterprise: YQGMW-MPWTJ-34KDK-48M3W-X4Q6V. This post will cover updating an existing Server 2008 R2 KMS host to allow the activation of Server 2012 and Windows 8 clients. The update will carry across your existing activation count and if you currently use your KMS host for Microsoft Office activations, this will go untouched.