In this article, we describe how to install and activate the KMS server on Windows Server R2 on the local corporate network. After the installation is complete, start Volume Activation Tools console. The activation service installation wizard will start. If the system accepts the key, you will immediately be prompted to activate it. Based on the entered key, the system will determine the product to which it applies, and will offer two options for activation by phone or Internet.
In the second case, you will have to give the server temporary access to the Internet only for the activation time. After the key is activated, you have to configure Key Management Service options: activation and renewal intervals by default, the clients will renew the activation every 7 days , port by default, KMS listens on port and Windows Firewall exceptions.
Now the KMS server can activate clients. To successfully activate your systems on the KMS server, you need to perform a number of actions on the client side:. Some tips :. Hi and thanks for the nice article. I actually have a question. The server has been up for a couple of days, and we have hundreds of Win 10 clients and probably 40 Win R2 servers that would be requesting a license and yet we are not getting any activations. We also installed VAMT 3. We tried MS Activation support but they kept bouncing us between activation and activation support several times and we got no where.
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