Windows Server Volume Activation
Posted
Wednesday, December 30, 2009 1:13 PM
by
sdeming
Q: (from Barry)
My client’s server needs to be activated but it errors saying it needs the key management service.
A:
As the error message states, it appears that you need to setup and activate the KMS service on your volume licensed Windows Server. There are instructions found at:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd772269.aspx
but I also found this video that goes through the process in a few minutes:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=bbf2eb61-2b30-4f2d-bccd-df53e220b8e9&displaylang=en