- #KMS CLIENT WINDOWS 2008 ACTIVATION SERIAL NUMBERS#
- #KMS CLIENT WINDOWS 2008 ACTIVATION INSTALL#
- #KMS CLIENT WINDOWS 2008 ACTIVATION SOFTWARE#
I joined the client to the domain and waited a couple of minutes. I’m using a Windows 7 Enterprise 圆4 system to show this.
#KMS CLIENT WINDOWS 2008 ACTIVATION SERIAL NUMBERS#
For a list of KMS serial numbers you can go to this Microsoft website.
Clients starting with Windows Vista already have a KMS client serial embed so all we need to provide is the KMS host. Let’s test a client to see if it gets activated. The SRV record is created, now go and do an nslookup and see if it resolves the name. If the record is not created in DNS for some reason, you need to open the DNS console, right-click the zone and choose Other New Records.įrom the list select Service Locator (SRV) and click the Create Record button.Ĭomplete the boxes like the one bellow, but replace the server name with your own.
If this SRV record does not exists you need to manually activate the clients, which is not something and administrator wants. This entry is important for clients to automatically find the KMS server in the network and start the activation. To verify the record exists do an nslookup: nslookup -type=srv _vlmcs._tcp From a terminal type: net stop slsvc & net start slsvcīefore going further I need to mention that port 1688 needs to be opened on the KMS host so clients can connect.Īfter a couple of minutes the service should publish the SRV record on your DNS server.
#KMS CLIENT WINDOWS 2008 ACTIVATION SOFTWARE#
The Software Licensing service needs to be restarted. Click Activate Windows online now.Īfter the activation succeeds the Activate Windows now link should disappear from Windows Activation section and the product should be licensed. To start the activation you do a Run and type slui.exe or right-click My Computer > Properties and click the link Activate Windows now. If your KMS server is in a secure network, you will need to activate by phone call Microsoft, tell them your product ID, and they will give you the activation number. There are multiple ways to do that but in this example I’m going to activate trough internet. Now that the key is installed, the system needs to be activated with Microsoft. If the product key is installed successfully you should get a message like this:
#KMS CLIENT WINDOWS 2008 ACTIVATION INSTALL#
To install the key open a terminal and type: slmgr.vbs /ipk xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx This is a special key that activates the system and set it to work as KMS server. First we need to install the key (serial number) purchased from Microsoft. To start I’m going to use a 2008 R2 Enterprise server as my KMS host that is joined to a Windows domain. One other thing before we start is that clients activated trough KMS need to reactivate every 180 days, or will start working in trial mode. Take a look here and see what I’m talking about. Every key channel can activate a specific edition of server and client platform. Beside this there are so-called key channels. For more information about KMS you can access this website.
There is a cache taugh…for the activation to succeed on the systems, you need to have in your network at least 25 client OS (Windows Vista, 7) or 5 server OS platform (Windows 2008, 2008 R2). These means that Windows servers and workstations don’t have to go to Microsoft for activation, instead they use a local server for that, and only that local server is activated with Microsoft. KMS or Key Management Service activates computers using the local network. Starting with 2008 Server, Microsoft created a new way of activating volume license systems.