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Copper Contributor

Dec 16, 2021

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KMS on Windows Server 2016

Hi, I have a issue while configuring KMS on Windows Server 2016 on GUI, it crashes. After going through some of the blogs now able to activate KMS host via CMD and KMS clients are able to activat...

Windows Server

Harm_Veenstra
Dec 22, 2021
https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/windows-itpro-docs/blob/public/windows/deployment/volume-activation/kms-activation-vamt.md

VAMT is a tool which connects to KMS by discovering it, you should be able to use it straight away and use if for reporting

Harm_Veenstra

MVP

Dec 22, 2021

What kind of products do you want to activate using KMS? Are you using older Office products?

prabks

Copper Contributor

Dec 22, 2021

Harm_Veenstra Windows 10 ENT and Office 2016, both I have downloaded from my VLSC portal.

Harm_Veenstra
MVP
Dec 22, 2021
Using VAMT is not an option?
- prabks
  Copper Contributor
  Dec 22, 2021
  there is NO VAMT for Windows Server 2016 but i tried installing VAMT 2.0 which was for Windows server 2012 r2 and this could be of no use
  - Harm_Veenstra
    MVP
    Dec 22, 2021
    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/volume-activation/install-vamt VAMT 3.1 is part of ADK