Windows Server R2 virtual Machine self-activating (AVMA) technology

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I believe that hyper-V administrators have this experience, after installing more than one virtual machine, it is a manual activation, if the virtual machine enough, this is a very tedious task, but from Windows Server R2, you do not need to do this, Microsoft offers a new technology called: Automatic virtual machine activation VM self-activating (AVMA) technology. What the? No longer need serial number? No internet? No artificial? To activate it? Did you hear me wrong? Yes, I didn't hear you wrong. As long as your host is Windows Server R2 Datacenter and the host is activated, any R2 VMS running on it will be activated, regardless of whether the host license is vl,oem or retail, as long as the host host is in the active form. Of course, some of the earlier Server operating systems had to be activated manually, such as Windows server 2008;windows Server r2;windows Server 2012, and if it were technically impossible for them to activate automatically, it would not be a problem. From the development of business and technology, probably Microsoft is to let Windows Server R2 faster promotion bar.

Virtual machine self-activating the currently supported version of WindowsServer is as follows:

· Windows Server R2datacenter

· Windows Server R2 Standard

· Windows Server r2essentials.

The key to support WindowsServer R2 virtual machine self-activation (AVMA) is as follows:

Windows Server R2 Preview Key:

Edition	AVMA Key
Datacenter	Xvnrv-9htx4-th2jd-hvjqd-qrqwg
Standard	Hxfnp-8hyq3-4fmc3-2dhj9-m97jf
Essentials	7vw9n-8c48x-j6442-j3km6-fvtm9

Windows Server R2 KEY:

Edition	AVMA Key
Datacenter	Y4tgp-nptv9-htc2h-7mgq3-dv4tw
Standard	dbgbw-npf86-bjvtx-k3wkj-mtb6v
Essentials	K2xgm-nmbt3-2r6q8-wf2fk-p36r2

So, how to implement WindowsServer R2 virtual machine self-activation (AVMA) technology?

1, install a windowsserver R2 Datacenter host and add the Hyper-V role, and then activate it.

2. Install a windowsserver version R2 virtual machine in Hyper-V.

3. In the virtual machine, open the following command:

SLMGR/IPK (AVMA key)

(AVMA key) = Key of the above table hint.

The virtual machine can be activated automatically.

So the data center administrators can use AVMA to do the following points:

1. Remotely activating VMS

2. Activating VMS online or offline

3. Track the license usage of VMS on the host, without any access to the VM OS level.

No more product keys need to be managed or read the sticker on the back of the server. All VMs are active, and migration in any cluster ensures that their activation status remains the same. Such a management, to be!

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