How To Activate Windows Server 2012 R2 Over The Phone

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Activate using Key Management Service

Applies to

• Windows 10
• Windows 8.ane
• Windows 8
• Windows seven
• Windows Server 2012 R2
• Windows Server 2012
• Windows Server 2008 R2

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There are 3 possible scenarios for volume activation of Windows 10 or Windows Server 2012 R2 past using a Primal Management Service (KMS) host:

• Host KMS on a computer running Windows 10
• Host KMS on a computer running Windows Server 2012 R2
• Host KMS on a estimator running an before version of Windows

Cheque out Windows 10 Volume Activation Tips.

Central Management Service in Windows 10

Installing a KMS host fundamental on a computer running Windows 10 allows you lot to activate other computers running Windows 10 confronting this KMS host and before versions of the client operating arrangement, such as Windows 8.i or Windows 7. Clients locate the KMS server by using resource records in DNS, and so some configuration of DNS may be required. This scenario can be beneficial if your system uses book activation for clients and MAK-based activation for a smaller number of servers. To enable KMS functionality, a KMS key is installed on a KMS host; so, the host is activated over the Internet or past telephone using Microsoft activation services.

Configure KMS in Windows x

To activate, use the slmgr.vbs command. Open up an elevated command prompt and run one of the following commands:

• To install the KMS key, type slmgr.vbs /ipk <KmsKey>.
• To activate online, type slmgr.vbs /ato.
• To activate past telephone, follow these steps:
  1. Run slmgr.vbs /dti and confirm the installation ID.
  2. Phone call Microsoft Licensing Activation Centers worldwide telephone numbers and follow the vocalisation prompts to enter the installation ID that you obtained in step 1 on your telephone.
  3. Follow the phonation prompts and write down the responded 48-digit confirmation ID for OS activation.
  4. Run slmgr.vbs /atp \<confirmation ID\>.

For more information, come across the data for Windows 7 in Deploy KMS Activation.

Key Management Service in Windows Server 2012 R2

Installing a KMS host key on a computer running Windows Server allows you to activate computers running Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows ten, Windows 8.1, Windows vii, and Windows Vista.

[!NOTE] You cannot install a client KMS key into the KMS in Windows Server.

This scenario is ordinarily used in larger organizations that do not observe the overhead of using a server a burden.

[!Annotation] If you receive mistake 0xC004F015 when trying to activate Windows 10 Enterprise, see KB 3086418.

Configure KMS in Windows Server 2012 R2

1. Sign in to a computer running Windows Server 2012 R2 with an account that has local administrative credentials.

2. Launch Server Manager.

3. Add the Volume Activation Services role, equally shown in Figure 4.

   

   Figure iv. Calculation the Volume Activation Services function in Server Manager

4. When the part installation is consummate, click the link to launch the Volume Activation Tools (Figure 5).

   

   Figure 5. Launching the Volume Activation Tools

5. Select the Key Management Service (KMS) choice, and specify the computer that volition act every bit the KMS host (Figure half-dozen). This can be the aforementioned estimator on which you installed the role or another computer. For example, it can be a client estimator running Windows 10.

   

   Figure 6. Configuring the figurer equally a KMS host

6. Install your KMS host central by typing it in the text box, and and then click Commit (Figure vii).

   

   Figure 7. Installing your KMS host key

7. If asked to confirm replacement of an existing key, click Yes.

8. After the production cardinal is installed, y'all must activate information technology. Click Next (Figure viii).

   

   Effigy 8. Activating the software

   The KMS key can be activated online or by telephone. Meet Figure nine.

   

   Figure 9. Choosing to activate online

Now that the KMS host is configured, it will brainstorm to listen for activation requests. Withal, it will not activate clients successfully until the activation threshold is met.

Verifying the configuration of Cardinal Direction Service

You lot can verify KMS volume activation from the KMS host server or from the client computer. KMS book activation requires a minimum threshold of 25 computers earlier activation requests volition exist processed. The verification procedure described here will increment the activation count each time a client computer contacts the KMS host, just unless the activation threshold is reached, the verification will accept the grade of an mistake message rather than a confirmation message.

[!NOTE] If you lot configured Active Directory-based activation earlier configuring KMS activation, you must utilize a client calculator that volition non showtime endeavour to activate itself past using Active Directory-based activation. Yous could utilize a workgroup computer that is not joined to a domain or a computer running Windows vii or Windows Server 2008 R2.

To verify that KMS volume activation works, consummate the following steps:

1. On the KMS host, open the event log and confirm that DNS publishing is successful.

2. On a client computer, open up a Control Prompt window, blazon Slmgr.vbs /ato, and and then printing ENTER.

   The /ato command causes the operating system to try activation by using whichever key has been installed in the operating organisation. The response should show the license land and detailed Windows version data.

3. On a client calculator or the KMS host, open up an elevated Control Prompt window, type Slmgr.vbs /dlv, and so press ENTER.

   The /dlv command displays the detailed licensing information. The response should return an error that states that the KMS activation count is besides low. This confirms that KMS is functioning correctly, even though the client has not been activated.

For more data nigh the use and syntax of slmgr.vbs, see Slmgr.vbs Options.

Primal Direction Service in earlier versions of Windows

If you have already established a KMS infrastructure in your organization for an before version of Windows, you lot may desire to keep using that infrastructure to activate computers running Windows 10 or Windows Server 2012 R2. Your existing KMS host must be running Windows 7 or afterward. To upgrade your KMS host, consummate the following steps:

1. Download and install the correct update for your current KMS host operating system. Restart the computer as directed.
2. Request a new KMS host key from the Volume Licensing Service Middle.
3. Install the new KMS host key on your KMS host.
4. Actuate the new KMS host key past running the slmgr.vbs script.

For detailed instructions, see Update that enables Windows 8.one and Windows eight KMS hosts to activate a later version of Windows and Update that enables Windows vii and Windows Server 2008 R2 KMS hosts to actuate Windows x.

See also

• Volume Activation for Windows 10

Source: https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/windows-itpro-docs/blob/public/windows/deployment/volume-activation/activate-using-key-management-service-vamt.md

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