KMS implementation in Windows 2008 (Revision 2)

For the convenience of the students who have not read the previous text, the reference document is listed first. About VA2.0 Document sets: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=75674

Other references and tools: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=107415

Where Deployment Guide and operation Guide are the most useful 2 documents to configure and debug.

OS Installation phase

First of all, make sure you use the installation media is volume version. To enter a CD key for Vista and 2008 Volume version installation, note that this key is not a KMS key, but a set of keys that are exposed in KMS Deployment Guide (see document 19th). The installation of Windows 7 and 2008 R2 did not enter part of the CD Key, and the volume version already contains a setup Key.

Check KMS status and client activation

After Windows 2008 is installed (Join domain, configure DNS), go to the command line, first view the current KMS status

Enter%windir%\system32 from the command line and type the command:

cscript Slmgr.vbs/dli

The volume_kmsclient in the red box shows that the license is now a KMS client type.

The blue box indicates that the current license has not yet been activated and is within the 30-day grace period that has just been installed.

The yellow box prompts you, you can type the command Slmgr.vbs/ato to activate it. Of course, the premise is that legitimate KMS Host can be found within the current network.

The full activation command is: cscript C:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs/ato

Another way to activate it is to press the Win-break key to bring up the system properties, and then press the Activate link. This is easy, especially for deployments of client OS such as Windows Vista or Windows 7.

But if the server above is the first KMS server in our network, how do we configure the KMS host?

Configuring KMS HOST

1. Open the Command Line window as an administrator. (Right-click Command Prompt in the Start menu and select Run as Administrator) This is important, otherwise it will be an error.

2. Install KMS key (this key, if you are a genuine user, you can get to Microsoft Licensing website). Type the command:

cscript c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs/ipk <KmsKey>

Remember not to omit the minus sign kmskey every 5 characters.

The blue box shows that the current CMD window is run as an administrator;

The volume_kms_r2_c of the red circle illustrates the permissions of this key: 2008 R2 Group C.

The yellow box indicates that it is still not active.