

To test the KMS server configuration, open a cmd prompt as shown below and enterĭepending on whether you have less that 25 computers online or not you'll see different messages as shown below, note that in this example I'm specifying the kms host manually, you do not need to do that if DNS is working properly Windows 10 Enterprise 2015 LTSB N 2F77B-TNFGY-69QQF-B8YKP-D69TJ Windows 10 Enterprise 2015 LTSB WNMTR-4C88C-JK8YV-HQ7T2-76DF9 Windows 10 Education N 2WH4N-8QGBV-H22JP-CT43Q-MDWWJ Windows 10 Education NW6C2-QMPVW-D7KKK-3GKT6-VCFB2 Windows 10 Enterprise N DPH2V-TTNVB-4X9Q3-TJR4H-KHJW4 Windows 10 Enterprise NPPR9-FWDCX-D2C8J-H872K-2YT43 Windows 10 Professional N MH37W-N47XK-V7XM9-C7227-GCQG9 Windows 10 Professional W269N-WFGWX-YVC9B-4J6C9-T83GX Operating system edition KMS Client Setup Key The Windows 10 Client KMS keys are available here You can select to Activate Online or by Activate by Phone and then click on the Commit button,Īnswer Yes when prompted and review the final screen and then continue through that wizard until completion. You may be prompted to activate the key, click on Activate Product On the Product Key Management screen enter your KMS host key retrieved above in Step 3 from the VLSC site.Īfter entering a valid Windows 10 KMS Host Key, you'll need to commit the change and you'll see that it has been accepted This will popup All Servers Task Details and Notifications.Ĭlick on the Volume activation tools link and then decide what Volume Activation Method you want to use in the Select Volume Activation Method screen, use the default (Key Management Service (KMS)) Next click on the More text to the right of Configuration required for Volume Activation Services at SERVERNAME. To configure it, click VA Services in the left pane.

Configure the Volume Activation Services role You may be prompted to add features that are required for Volume Activation Services such as Remote Server Administration Tools, if so, click on Add features and continue through that wizard until completion.Ĭlick Close when done, you will see a Yellow Triangle in Server manager which means that the role is installed but there is additional post deployment configuration required.

Choose your local Windows Server 2012 Server from the Server Pool.Ĭhoose the Volume Activation Services role. Add the Volume Activation Services roleĪfter installing Windows Server 2012 open Server Manager and choose Add roles and features, choose Role-Based or Feature-Based installation.
