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KMS stands for Key Management Services by Microsoft. KMS allows volume license customers of Microsoft Products to establish a server to hand out software product keys, thus eliminating the need to hand enter product activation keys each time a new operating system is installed.

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Unable to install Windows Server 2022 Host Key on 2012R2 KMS Service

I have tried installing "Windows Srv 2022 DataCtr/Std KMS host key" on Windows Server 2012R2 KMS server, but apparently it is failing: The following error has occurred. Please resolve the error and try again. Description: The Software Licensing…
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Move Windows 10 Enterprise KMS to Enterprise Subscription Activation

Recently, I moved a Windows 10 Home machine from factory to a Windows 10 Enterprise by using a KMS product key. It was an emergency situation as the employee was remote and we could not procure a Windows 10 Pro machine in a reasonable amount of…
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KMS Host activation "Object reference not set to an instance of an object."

I recently upgraded (clean install) our KMS server from Server 2016 to Server 2019. I've installed the KMS Host Key and Windows is activated. I installed the Volume Licensing Pack, and host key for Office 2019. When I try to activate / configure…
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Prevent cross-forest KMS client registration

We have one domain, with KMS server activating windows and MS Office corrctly. Recently we have set up a new domain in a new forest and added as trusted forest(we're setting this domain up for another business unit which is going to be spun…
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Unable to create cloud KMS encrypted PVC in GCP: googleapi: Error 400: Invalid resource usage

I'm trying to set up CMEK in my cluster as per the details mentioned here: https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/how-to/dynamic-provisioning-cmek#dynamically_provision_an_encrypted I have deployed the Compute Engine Persistent Disk CSI…
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Tips on Activating KMS host in Azure

In Azure, a KMS host will be managing Office 2019 licenses for a VM Scale Set. The KMS host requires a minimum of 5 clients with unique SID and CID to start giving out licenses. Once activated, it can go lower without issue. Since VMs in the Scale…
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Does a client needs constant access to KMS activation server?

If we once activate a Windows Server to a KMS server, do we later need connection to that KMS server? Or is it a completely one-time occasion? Or at later, when updates come, again connection to KMS server needed?
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Activate Windows with GVLK key without internet

I have several machines that are not connected directly to the internet. They use a HTTP(s) proxy that allows them to visit websites. The machines are currently not activated because of this. The machines are loaded with a GVLK key and the KMS…
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AWS EBS volume encryption using KMS

I am tinkering with EBS encryption volumes. But I'm struck and fail to understand how it works. I have two user accounts xyz and abc with admin access which are created from root account . I have created a key from xyz account, say xyz-key and…
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How to use Microsoft KMS server 2016 to activate a Windows Server 2008 R2

We are busy building a new environment. Most of our servers are Windows server 2016. And so is our KMS server. To run some old applications, we need to activate a few Windows Server 2008 R2 operating systems (Via Citrix PVS). When I add the…
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KMS Activation issue - PROVIDER NOT FOUND

I have an error when trying to add keys for win 2016, office 2016 or windows 10 on Windows Server 2012 R2 KMS Server. I have update everything and did this also. And I get this error error image in cmd I see it is added: > Name: Windows(R),…
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KMS clients still try to talk to MS

I've found that Windows KMS clients (2012R2 specifically but may be others) try to talk to MS servers during activation. My understanding was that this should be entirely local. slmgr /ipk GGWHX-.....-.....-.....-DJ6PQ slmgr /skms…
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Empty output file in systemd unit file

Edited!!!! I used this unit file and here is the output but it won't create any log files. [Unit] Description=PY-KMS After=network.target [Service] Type=simple ExecStart=/usr/local/py-kms-master/server.py 192.168.1.100 1688…
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Obtain the KMS Host key

I have a machine with Windows Server 2012 with a key of KMS Host, I lost the paper where I have the key annotated. Now I am trying to migrate the KMS host to a server with Windows Server 2012 R2. But I cannot obtain the key of the KMS Host from the…
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KMS for Office 2013 defaults to old server - DNS is fine

I have a strange problem with a Server 2012 R2 KMS Server which has been migrated from a 2008 R2 Server - and by migrated I mean removed, and followed all instructions found here:…
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