Problem You have a KMS server in your environment and would like to uninstall the KMS product key for Office 2016 with the command: Slmgr.vbs /upk <Activation ID> You execute the following command in an effort to obtain the Activation ID: slmgr.vbs /dlv all However,
As with the experience I had when configuring an existing KMS server to activate Windows 10 desktops: Installing and configuring Windows 10 KMS Activation with Windows Server 2012 R2https://blog.terenceluk.com/2016/01/installing-and-configuring-windows-10.html … I also found that configuring the server for Office 2016 activations wasn’t as straight forward
I’ve recently been involved with deploying a new Windows 10 VMware Horizon View pool to pilot the new operating system with the latest Office 2016 suite and ran into KMS activation issues because the Windows Server 2012 R2 KMS server was not configured properly so
Problem You’ve created a new pool of virtual desktops in your VMware Horizon View environment but noticed that while the virtual machines get created, they never get past the customizing status: After waiting 10 minutes or more, the customizing status switches to error with the
Problem You’ve deployed a new Windows Server 2012 R2 KMS server and completed configuring a KMS host key in the Volume Activation Tools wizard: You proceed to commit the changes: … but receive the following error: The following error has occurred. Please resolve the error
Problem You attempt to activate a new Windows Server 2012 R2 KMS server as an Active Directory-Based Activation: … but receive the following error: The following error has occurred. Please resolve the error and try again. Description: Access is denied. Solution The reason this error
I’ve written a post in the past to demonstrate how to set up a Windows 7 desktop as a KMS server and have received a few requests from various administrators to write one for a Windows Server 2008 R2 server. The procedure is pretty much
I think it’s important to show that as unappealing KMS licensing may seem, Microsoft does provide the Volume Activation Management Tool (VAMT) that allows administrators to activate desktops extremely easy. As much as I would rather not have to use KMS keys, I’m actually grateful
Note that there are many reasons why Microsoft Office 2010 on your VMware View desktops may not activate so the following is only 1 of the many out there. Problem You have just completed the deployment of a new pool of virtual desktops and this
Requirements Unique KMS key for Windows 7: xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx Unique KMS key for Office 2010: xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx Generic KMS client key for Windows 7: 33PXH-7Y6KF-2VJC9-XBBR8-HVTHH (Windows 7 Enterprise) Note that you can find the operating systems KMS keys here: KMS Client Setup Keyshttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff793421.aspx Generic KMS client key
