As you can see we’re in business to activate all our Windows Server 2016 and any OS version below that if t supports KMS activation. We can now look at what’s installed now by running slmgr.vbs /dlv again. You now need to activate your server with the KMS key first by running slmgr.vbs /ato If you now run slmgr.vbs /dlv you’ll see that the license status is “notification” as the server hasn’t been activated yet. If you’re, looking for illegal keys, cracks, keygens, activators or dodgy KMS virtual machine for Windows activations and such this is not the place. The key listed here is for all you wannabe pirates out there, sorry, this is the navy. Slmgr.vbs /ipk JOINT-THENA-VYBOY-SNOCR-ACKS! If you run in to any issues here, restarting the KMS Service can help ((“ net stop sppsvc” and “ net start sppsvc“).
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Now you can install the new Windows 2016 KMS key on your KMS server. Uninstall the current KMS key using slmgr.vbs /upk, please use an elevated command prompt For Windows Server 2016 this means don’t do anything unless you have all the zero day patches installed.įirst we take a look at the current situation by running slmgr.vbs /dlv
That means that on Windows Server 2012 R2 you want KB3172614 installed as this enable support for Windows Server 2012 R2 as a KMS server host to activate Windows Server 2016. I just made sure my KMS server was fully patched before I attempted to install and activate the Windows Server 2016KMS key. You can use a Windows Server 2012 R2 or 2016 server as a KMS server. That way as the old OS versions are phased out the KMS infrastructure can be retired as well. I actually support 2 on premises environments where ADBA is being used for the recent OS and Office versions while KMS is still around for the older OS versions. Both Key Management Service (KMS) and Automatic Virtual Machine Activation (AVMA) will work for IAAS and for on premises in these situations.
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You also need the right versions of both AD and client software and operating systems to use this. Something your most often don’t manage or control if an AD is even present. Now when you’re hosting IAAS services this might not be your best approach as that means it will need to be set up in the AD of your tenants. This is what I use for the Office and Windows editions that support it.
If you set this up you’ll enjoy automatic activation of the OS after joining domain configured with ADBA.
If you manage on premises environments with one or more AD domains or even forests you might be in a situation where Active Directory Based Activation (ADBA) is the easiest solution. So it’s time to make sure we start thinking about activating Windows Server 2016 in our environments.