Thanks - I took a look and it works for the first Office KMS code. So do I need to run the keymanagementservicehost.exe for each Office 2010 key, or run that once, the add more keys? My understanding was I use the utility to add the first set of keys and let it activate as the Office KMS host, then add other keys via /ilc.
>>> Harry Singh <[email protected]> 3/15/2011 12:38 PM >>> For office 2010, follow this: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee624357.aspx ( http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee624357.aspx )You need a separate install for the office 2010 activation. It's pretty straight forward. I've also used the VAMT 2.0 tool to actually re-key and re-activate clients who were previously installed using MAK activations. Pay attention to your DNS entry. I setup KMS inside a VM and needed to make sure that dynamic DNS publishing was disabled using the slmgr /cdns command.Once you activate a KMS host it creates an entry in DNS which all clients configured for KMS activation look for, obviously the DNS entry is vital for succesful client activations. HTH, Harry. On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 12:32 PM, Tom Miller <[email protected]> wrote: Thanks, my KMS server is in group B, so it should handle my Windows 2008 Standard/Enterprise licenses. I'm trying to enter Office 2010 codes, and only the first one worked (I used the Office 2010 Key Management Service Host for the first key to get it going). I thought I'd need "slmgr.vsb /ilc" and the code, but it won't take any additional codes. Suggestions? A GUI would be helpful to see all this MS licensing crap. Tom >>> "Kennedy, Jim" <[email protected]> 3/15/2011 12:21 PM >>> Just need to watch your licensing Groups. That one caught me. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff793412.aspx And remember, you do NOT put a license key in the clients. Just in the KMS host. If you add them to the clients it makes them KMS Hosts, and you have lots of little KMS hosts all over the place. Not that we ever did that, I just heard it was bad. J From: Tom Miller [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 11:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: KMS licensing question Folks, I am moving to KMS licensing here for Office 2010 and Windows 2008 servers. The KMS host is a Windows 2008 R2 server. I looks like all I need to do is add the licenses, then activate them? I have a number of KMS codes each for Office 2010, Windows 2008, Windows 7, since we purchase them as needed. I recall seeing previous posts where you guys had some issues with KMS and would like to avoid that, if possible. Thanks, Tom Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
