Note Firewall? You only need to provide access to the U-M's network using either mskms. For those who use Virtual Firewall, you should be covered by a Global Rule, but please check with the service owners. If the machine cannot be set up for automatic activation but meets the manual activation criteria noted in Activating Products , follow these steps:.
From the Start menu, select All Programs then Accessories. In the Command Prompt window, enter the commands appropriate for your product. The second command activates the workstation or server. For example, at the School of Public Health, the line would look like. You can fix most failed KMS activations by re-registering the software and then manually activating the machine. Proceed to step 4 Command Prompt at the beginning of this troubleshooting section.
For Windows Server : 1. For Windows Server R2 : 1. KB — Servicing stack update Information , Download. By installing that key, you are configuring the server to act as a KMS host. Once again, this key will let you activate any Windows server and Windows client version in your environment. Choose your preferred activation method by phone or online using the internet to activate the KMS host key for the selected product.
By default, computers that are running volume-licensed editions are KMS clients with no additional configuration needed. From the client perspective, you can use the slmgr. You can see in the screenshot that a KMS client channel is being used. The KMS host will respond to the activation request with the count of how many computers have already contacted the KMS host for activation.
Computers that receive a count below the activation threshold are not activated. The activation threshold is different for Windows clients and servers:. You can find the full list of slmgr. Each MAK has a predefined number of allowed activations, and each activation occurrence will incrementally increase the number of used activation for that MAK.
Using MAC for activation is very simple. MAK activation method should be used only for computers that never connect to the corporate network and for environments where the number of physical computers does not meet the KMS activation threshold and Active Directory-based activation could not be used for some reason.
In the first part of the series we learned about KMS and MAK, and we understood the purpose of each activation method. As a thumb rule, you should always try to stick with KMS activation as long as it possible. Remember that one KMS host key can be used to activate all of your Windows versions includes servers and clients. Find out how Script samples are provided for informational purposes only and no guarantee is provided as to functionality or suitability.
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