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Office 2010 & KMS Server
I want to start testing Office 2010 for a rollout in the upcoming months.
What are the steps to setup a KMS server for Office 2010? Thanks! |
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Office 2010 & KMS Server
Do you already have a KMS server established for Windows 7/Windows 2008 R2?
If yes to the above, is the KMS server installed on Windows 2003, Windows 7, or Windows 2008R2? Reason I ask is that KMS on Vista & Windows 2008 isn't supported. If you do have a KMS server established for Windows 7/Windows 2008 R2, you can extend your KMS host using: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...5-fdc21fe8d965 As soon as you run this, you will need to supply your Office 2010 KMS host license key. What else... oh, the ProPlus version that was made available on 4/22 to MSDN/TechNet isn't a volume license edition. It is a retail copy. Therefore you will need to get the VL edition from your SA download area which may go live today based on postings around the web. "IDS" wrote in message ... I want to start testing Office 2010 for a rollout in the upcoming months. What are the steps to setup a KMS server for Office 2010? Thanks! |
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Office 2010 & KMS Server
Thanks Neo.
I do not have a KMS server. I was reading that KMS can run on a domain controller without any problems. So I was planning to use a DC as a KMS server. Do you see this as a problem? Do I run KeyManagementServiceHost.exe on the server that I want to be the KMS server? Thanks "neo" wrote: Do you already have a KMS server established for Windows 7/Windows 2008 R2? If yes to the above, is the KMS server installed on Windows 2003, Windows 7, or Windows 2008R2? Reason I ask is that KMS on Vista & Windows 2008 isn't supported. If you do have a KMS server established for Windows 7/Windows 2008 R2, you can extend your KMS host using: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...5-fdc21fe8d965 As soon as you run this, you will need to supply your Office 2010 KMS host license key. What else... oh, the ProPlus version that was made available on 4/22 to MSDN/TechNet isn't a volume license edition. It is a retail copy. Therefore you will need to get the VL edition from your SA download area which may go live today based on postings around the web. "IDS" wrote in message ... I want to start testing Office 2010 for a rollout in the upcoming months. What are the steps to setup a KMS server for Office 2010? Thanks! . |
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Office 2010 & KMS Server
You didn't specify if your domain controller is a Windows 2003 or Windows
2008R2 server. If it is a Windows 2003/2003R2 with SP2, you need to download and install the KMS host software. You need two packages. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en and http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en You install KMS 1.1 and then apply the update (968915) Reboot Then run the Office 2010 KMS license pack exe and supply your key. Not sure how big your site is, I'm working in a site that is 4500 devices and we find that a dedicated KMS host (it is virtualized) that activates Windows 7, Windows 2008R2, and Office 2010 will be perfect for us. Just so you know, we dedicated a Windows 2008 R2 server to be our KMS host. We activated the server with our Windows 2008 R2 KMS key. This in turn automatically made it a KMS host that could activate Vista, Windows 7, Windows 2008, and Windows 2008 R2. Just had to run the Office 2010 KMS license pack on the Windows 2008 R2 host (and still waiting patiently for our RTM KMS key for Office 2010). Other than that, I don't see a problem running the KMS host on a domain controller. Should work fine for smaller sites since your devices will only check in once every 7 days. I don't think I missed anything, but you might find this helpful. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l...ffice.14).aspx "IDS" wrote in message ... Thanks Neo. I do not have a KMS server. I was reading that KMS can run on a domain controller without any problems. So I was planning to use a DC as a KMS server. Do you see this as a problem? Do I run KeyManagementServiceHost.exe on the server that I want to be the KMS server? Thanks "neo" wrote: Do you already have a KMS server established for Windows 7/Windows 2008 R2? If yes to the above, is the KMS server installed on Windows 2003, Windows 7, or Windows 2008R2? Reason I ask is that KMS on Vista & Windows 2008 isn't supported. If you do have a KMS server established for Windows 7/Windows 2008 R2, you can extend your KMS host using: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...5-fdc21fe8d965 As soon as you run this, you will need to supply your Office 2010 KMS host license key. What else... oh, the ProPlus version that was made available on 4/22 to MSDN/TechNet isn't a volume license edition. It is a retail copy. Therefore you will need to get the VL edition from your SA download area which may go live today based on postings around the web. "IDS" wrote in message ... I want to start testing Office 2010 for a rollout in the upcoming months. What are the steps to setup a KMS server for Office 2010? Thanks! . |
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Office 2010 & KMS Server
Neo
What else... oh, the ProPlus version that was made available on 4/22 to MSDN/TechNet isn't a volume license edition. It is a retail copy. Therefore you will need to get the VL edition from your SA download area which may go live today based on postings around the web. Thanks for that info. I was not aware of those steps TechNet took -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. http://www.microsoft.com/protect |
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Office 2010 & KMS Server
I like the idea of creating a Windows 2008 R2 VM for the KMS host. Just to
make sure I understand... So, if I wanted to do this, I would just create a Windows 2008 R2 virtual machine and activate it using our Windows 2008 R2 KMS key? After that I run the Office 2010 KMS license pack on the KMS server? Office 2010 clients will then be able to activate? Thanks again "neo" wrote: You didn't specify if your domain controller is a Windows 2003 or Windows 2008R2 server. If it is a Windows 2003/2003R2 with SP2, you need to download and install the KMS host software. You need two packages. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en and http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en You install KMS 1.1 and then apply the update (968915) Reboot Then run the Office 2010 KMS license pack exe and supply your key. Not sure how big your site is, I'm working in a site that is 4500 devices and we find that a dedicated KMS host (it is virtualized) that activates Windows 7, Windows 2008R2, and Office 2010 will be perfect for us. Just so you know, we dedicated a Windows 2008 R2 server to be our KMS host. We activated the server with our Windows 2008 R2 KMS key. This in turn automatically made it a KMS host that could activate Vista, Windows 7, Windows 2008, and Windows 2008 R2. Just had to run the Office 2010 KMS license pack on the Windows 2008 R2 host (and still waiting patiently for our RTM KMS key for Office 2010). Other than that, I don't see a problem running the KMS host on a domain controller. Should work fine for smaller sites since your devices will only check in once every 7 days. I don't think I missed anything, but you might find this helpful. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l...ffice.14).aspx "IDS" wrote in message ... Thanks Neo. I do not have a KMS server. I was reading that KMS can run on a domain controller without any problems. So I was planning to use a DC as a KMS server. Do you see this as a problem? Do I run KeyManagementServiceHost.exe on the server that I want to be the KMS server? Thanks "neo" wrote: Do you already have a KMS server established for Windows 7/Windows 2008 R2? If yes to the above, is the KMS server installed on Windows 2003, Windows 7, or Windows 2008R2? Reason I ask is that KMS on Vista & Windows 2008 isn't supported. If you do have a KMS server established for Windows 7/Windows 2008 R2, you can extend your KMS host using: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...5-fdc21fe8d965 As soon as you run this, you will need to supply your Office 2010 KMS host license key. What else... oh, the ProPlus version that was made available on 4/22 to MSDN/TechNet isn't a volume license edition. It is a retail copy. Therefore you will need to get the VL edition from your SA download area which may go live today based on postings around the web. "IDS" wrote in message ... I want to start testing Office 2010 for a rollout in the upcoming months. What are the steps to setup a KMS server for Office 2010? Thanks! . . |
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Office 2010 & KMS Server
Yes to both questions. About the only thing that goes wrong with this game
plan is if the KMS service on the Windows 2008R2 box doesn't create the necessary _VLMCS DNS SRV record or another host in your site ends up owning it for some strange reason (e.g. you activate two or more Windows 7/Windows 20008R2 boxes with a KMS key). If you end up in the later part with two or more Windows 7/Windows 2008R2 installed/activated with a KMS key, you can disable the registering the SRV record in DNS by using SLMGR.VBS. This way you can ensure that your VM is the responsible KMS host for your site and not anything else accidently or otherwise installed with a KMS key. "IDS" wrote in message ... I like the idea of creating a Windows 2008 R2 VM for the KMS host. Just to make sure I understand... So, if I wanted to do this, I would just create a Windows 2008 R2 virtual machine and activate it using our Windows 2008 R2 KMS key? After that I run the Office 2010 KMS license pack on the KMS server? Office 2010 clients will then be able to activate? Thanks again "neo" wrote: You didn't specify if your domain controller is a Windows 2003 or Windows 2008R2 server. If it is a Windows 2003/2003R2 with SP2, you need to download and install the KMS host software. You need two packages. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en and http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en You install KMS 1.1 and then apply the update (968915) Reboot Then run the Office 2010 KMS license pack exe and supply your key. Not sure how big your site is, I'm working in a site that is 4500 devices and we find that a dedicated KMS host (it is virtualized) that activates Windows 7, Windows 2008R2, and Office 2010 will be perfect for us. Just so you know, we dedicated a Windows 2008 R2 server to be our KMS host. We activated the server with our Windows 2008 R2 KMS key. This in turn automatically made it a KMS host that could activate Vista, Windows 7, Windows 2008, and Windows 2008 R2. Just had to run the Office 2010 KMS license pack on the Windows 2008 R2 host (and still waiting patiently for our RTM KMS key for Office 2010). Other than that, I don't see a problem running the KMS host on a domain controller. Should work fine for smaller sites since your devices will only check in once every 7 days. I don't think I missed anything, but you might find this helpful. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l...ffice.14).aspx "IDS" wrote in message ... Thanks Neo. I do not have a KMS server. I was reading that KMS can run on a domain controller without any problems. So I was planning to use a DC as a KMS server. Do you see this as a problem? Do I run KeyManagementServiceHost.exe on the server that I want to be the KMS server? Thanks "neo" wrote: Do you already have a KMS server established for Windows 7/Windows 2008 R2? If yes to the above, is the KMS server installed on Windows 2003, Windows 7, or Windows 2008R2? Reason I ask is that KMS on Vista & Windows 2008 isn't supported. If you do have a KMS server established for Windows 7/Windows 2008 R2, you can extend your KMS host using: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...5-fdc21fe8d965 As soon as you run this, you will need to supply your Office 2010 KMS host license key. What else... oh, the ProPlus version that was made available on 4/22 to MSDN/TechNet isn't a volume license edition. It is a retail copy. Therefore you will need to get the VL edition from your SA download area which may go live today based on postings around the web. "IDS" wrote in message ... I want to start testing Office 2010 for a rollout in the upcoming months. What are the steps to setup a KMS server for Office 2010? Thanks! . . |
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Office 2010 & KMS Server
Ok. I have created a Windows 2008 R2 VM and activated it with our KMS key.
I then download and ran the Office 2010 KMS license pack and used our Office 2010 license key. Verified only 1 _VLMCS SRV record that points to new KMS host. I have more than 5 Office 2010 Professional Plus clients (downloaded from VL site, not TechNet or MSDN). Will they activate automatically? How will I know? Thanks. "neo" wrote: Yes to both questions. About the only thing that goes wrong with this game plan is if the KMS service on the Windows 2008R2 box doesn't create the necessary _VLMCS DNS SRV record or another host in your site ends up owning it for some strange reason (e.g. you activate two or more Windows 7/Windows 20008R2 boxes with a KMS key). If you end up in the later part with two or more Windows 7/Windows 2008R2 installed/activated with a KMS key, you can disable the registering the SRV record in DNS by using SLMGR.VBS. This way you can ensure that your VM is the responsible KMS host for your site and not anything else accidently or otherwise installed with a KMS key. "IDS" wrote in message ... I like the idea of creating a Windows 2008 R2 VM for the KMS host. Just to make sure I understand... So, if I wanted to do this, I would just create a Windows 2008 R2 virtual machine and activate it using our Windows 2008 R2 KMS key? After that I run the Office 2010 KMS license pack on the KMS server? Office 2010 clients will then be able to activate? Thanks again "neo" wrote: You didn't specify if your domain controller is a Windows 2003 or Windows 2008R2 server. If it is a Windows 2003/2003R2 with SP2, you need to download and install the KMS host software. You need two packages. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en and http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en You install KMS 1.1 and then apply the update (968915) Reboot Then run the Office 2010 KMS license pack exe and supply your key. Not sure how big your site is, I'm working in a site that is 4500 devices and we find that a dedicated KMS host (it is virtualized) that activates Windows 7, Windows 2008R2, and Office 2010 will be perfect for us. Just so you know, we dedicated a Windows 2008 R2 server to be our KMS host. We activated the server with our Windows 2008 R2 KMS key. This in turn automatically made it a KMS host that could activate Vista, Windows 7, Windows 2008, and Windows 2008 R2. Just had to run the Office 2010 KMS license pack on the Windows 2008 R2 host (and still waiting patiently for our RTM KMS key for Office 2010). Other than that, I don't see a problem running the KMS host on a domain controller. Should work fine for smaller sites since your devices will only check in once every 7 days. I don't think I missed anything, but you might find this helpful. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l...ffice.14).aspx "IDS" wrote in message ... Thanks Neo. I do not have a KMS server. I was reading that KMS can run on a domain controller without any problems. So I was planning to use a DC as a KMS server. Do you see this as a problem? Do I run KeyManagementServiceHost.exe on the server that I want to be the KMS server? Thanks "neo" wrote: Do you already have a KMS server established for Windows 7/Windows 2008 R2? If yes to the above, is the KMS server installed on Windows 2003, Windows 7, or Windows 2008R2? Reason I ask is that KMS on Vista & Windows 2008 isn't supported. If you do have a KMS server established for Windows 7/Windows 2008 R2, you can extend your KMS host using: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...5-fdc21fe8d965 As soon as you run this, you will need to supply your Office 2010 KMS host license key. What else... oh, the ProPlus version that was made available on 4/22 to MSDN/TechNet isn't a volume license edition. It is a retail copy. Therefore you will need to get the VL edition from your SA download area which may go live today based on postings around the web. "IDS" wrote in message ... I want to start testing Office 2010 for a rollout in the upcoming months. What are the steps to setup a KMS server for Office 2010? Thanks! . . . |
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Office 2010 & KMS Server
Yes, Windows 7/Office 2010 will activate quietly and quickly behind the
scenes. Start any of the Office 2010 apps and select the File tab to enter the Backstage interface. Pick Help along the left. On the right half you will see the words Product Activated right under the Office logo. Another cool way is using the OSPP.VBS file in the Office 14 folder. cscript ospp.vbs /dstatus What is cool about the above is that it shows you how many days of the 180 are left before Office 2010 must reactivate against the KMS host. PS - From your workstation, I think you can check a remote machine by using: cscript ospp.vbs /dstatus remote_computer_name The only requirement is that Office 2010 has to be installed on both the management workstation and the remote for it to work. I'm not in a place where I can verify at the moment. "IDS" wrote in message ... Ok. I have created a Windows 2008 R2 VM and activated it with our KMS key. I then download and ran the Office 2010 KMS license pack and used our Office 2010 license key. Verified only 1 _VLMCS SRV record that points to new KMS host. I have more than 5 Office 2010 Professional Plus clients (downloaded from VL site, not TechNet or MSDN). Will they activate automatically? How will I know? Thanks. "neo" wrote: Yes to both questions. About the only thing that goes wrong with this game plan is if the KMS service on the Windows 2008R2 box doesn't create the necessary _VLMCS DNS SRV record or another host in your site ends up owning it for some strange reason (e.g. you activate two or more Windows 7/Windows 20008R2 boxes with a KMS key). If you end up in the later part with two or more Windows 7/Windows 2008R2 installed/activated with a KMS key, you can disable the registering the SRV record in DNS by using SLMGR.VBS. This way you can ensure that your VM is the responsible KMS host for your site and not anything else accidently or otherwise installed with a KMS key. "IDS" wrote in message ... I like the idea of creating a Windows 2008 R2 VM for the KMS host. Just to make sure I understand... So, if I wanted to do this, I would just create a Windows 2008 R2 virtual machine and activate it using our Windows 2008 R2 KMS key? After that I run the Office 2010 KMS license pack on the KMS server? Office 2010 clients will then be able to activate? Thanks again "neo" wrote: You didn't specify if your domain controller is a Windows 2003 or Windows 2008R2 server. If it is a Windows 2003/2003R2 with SP2, you need to download and install the KMS host software. You need two packages. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en and http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en You install KMS 1.1 and then apply the update (968915) Reboot Then run the Office 2010 KMS license pack exe and supply your key. Not sure how big your site is, I'm working in a site that is 4500 devices and we find that a dedicated KMS host (it is virtualized) that activates Windows 7, Windows 2008R2, and Office 2010 will be perfect for us. Just so you know, we dedicated a Windows 2008 R2 server to be our KMS host. We activated the server with our Windows 2008 R2 KMS key. This in turn automatically made it a KMS host that could activate Vista, Windows 7, Windows 2008, and Windows 2008 R2. Just had to run the Office 2010 KMS license pack on the Windows 2008 R2 host (and still waiting patiently for our RTM KMS key for Office 2010). Other than that, I don't see a problem running the KMS host on a domain controller. Should work fine for smaller sites since your devices will only check in once every 7 days. I don't think I missed anything, but you might find this helpful. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l...ffice.14).aspx "IDS" wrote in message ... Thanks Neo. I do not have a KMS server. I was reading that KMS can run on a domain controller without any problems. So I was planning to use a DC as a KMS server. Do you see this as a problem? Do I run KeyManagementServiceHost.exe on the server that I want to be the KMS server? Thanks "neo" wrote: Do you already have a KMS server established for Windows 7/Windows 2008 R2? If yes to the above, is the KMS server installed on Windows 2003, Windows 7, or Windows 2008R2? Reason I ask is that KMS on Vista & Windows 2008 isn't supported. If you do have a KMS server established for Windows 7/Windows 2008 R2, you can extend your KMS host using: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...5-fdc21fe8d965 As soon as you run this, you will need to supply your Office 2010 KMS host license key. What else... oh, the ProPlus version that was made available on 4/22 to MSDN/TechNet isn't a volume license edition. It is a retail copy. Therefore you will need to get the VL edition from your SA download area which may go live today based on postings around the web. "IDS" wrote in message ... I want to start testing Office 2010 for a rollout in the upcoming months. What are the steps to setup a KMS server for Office 2010? Thanks! . . . |
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Office 2010 & KMS Server
The vbs in the Office14 is very cool. Thanks for sharing. I verified my
workstation and a few remote workstations. It looks like our clients are activating. Regarding Windows 7, a MS rep told me that you have to manually enter the key and activate the first 25 computers before KMS would activate any Windows 7 computers. It's all automatic after the first 25 are manually activated. Does this make any sense? Thanks! "neo" wrote: Yes, Windows 7/Office 2010 will activate quietly and quickly behind the scenes. Start any of the Office 2010 apps and select the File tab to enter the Backstage interface. Pick Help along the left. On the right half you will see the words Product Activated right under the Office logo. Another cool way is using the OSPP.VBS file in the Office 14 folder. cscript ospp.vbs /dstatus What is cool about the above is that it shows you how many days of the 180 are left before Office 2010 must reactivate against the KMS host. PS - From your workstation, I think you can check a remote machine by using: cscript ospp.vbs /dstatus remote_computer_name The only requirement is that Office 2010 has to be installed on both the management workstation and the remote for it to work. I'm not in a place where I can verify at the moment. "IDS" wrote in message ... Ok. I have created a Windows 2008 R2 VM and activated it with our KMS key. I then download and ran the Office 2010 KMS license pack and used our Office 2010 license key. Verified only 1 _VLMCS SRV record that points to new KMS host. I have more than 5 Office 2010 Professional Plus clients (downloaded from VL site, not TechNet or MSDN). Will they activate automatically? How will I know? Thanks. "neo" wrote: Yes to both questions. About the only thing that goes wrong with this game plan is if the KMS service on the Windows 2008R2 box doesn't create the necessary _VLMCS DNS SRV record or another host in your site ends up owning it for some strange reason (e.g. you activate two or more Windows 7/Windows 20008R2 boxes with a KMS key). If you end up in the later part with two or more Windows 7/Windows 2008R2 installed/activated with a KMS key, you can disable the registering the SRV record in DNS by using SLMGR.VBS. This way you can ensure that your VM is the responsible KMS host for your site and not anything else accidently or otherwise installed with a KMS key. "IDS" wrote in message ... I like the idea of creating a Windows 2008 R2 VM for the KMS host. Just to make sure I understand... So, if I wanted to do this, I would just create a Windows 2008 R2 virtual machine and activate it using our Windows 2008 R2 KMS key? After that I run the Office 2010 KMS license pack on the KMS server? Office 2010 clients will then be able to activate? Thanks again "neo" wrote: You didn't specify if your domain controller is a Windows 2003 or Windows 2008R2 server. If it is a Windows 2003/2003R2 with SP2, you need to download and install the KMS host software. You need two packages. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en and http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en You install KMS 1.1 and then apply the update (968915) Reboot Then run the Office 2010 KMS license pack exe and supply your key. Not sure how big your site is, I'm working in a site that is 4500 devices and we find that a dedicated KMS host (it is virtualized) that activates Windows 7, Windows 2008R2, and Office 2010 will be perfect for us. Just so you know, we dedicated a Windows 2008 R2 server to be our KMS host. We activated the server with our Windows 2008 R2 KMS key. This in turn automatically made it a KMS host that could activate Vista, Windows 7, Windows 2008, and Windows 2008 R2. Just had to run the Office 2010 KMS license pack on the Windows 2008 R2 host (and still waiting patiently for our RTM KMS key for Office 2010). Other than that, I don't see a problem running the KMS host on a domain controller. Should work fine for smaller sites since your devices will only check in once every 7 days. I don't think I missed anything, but you might find this helpful. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l...ffice.14).aspx "IDS" wrote in message ... Thanks Neo. I do not have a KMS server. I was reading that KMS can run on a domain controller without any problems. So I was planning to use a DC as a KMS server. Do you see this as a problem? Do I run KeyManagementServiceHost.exe on the server that I want to be the KMS server? Thanks "neo" wrote: Do you already have a KMS server established for Windows 7/Windows 2008 R2? If yes to the above, is the KMS server installed on Windows 2003, Windows 7, or Windows 2008R2? Reason I ask is that KMS on Vista & Windows 2008 isn't supported. If you do have a KMS server established for Windows 7/Windows 2008 R2, you can extend your KMS host using: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...5-fdc21fe8d965 As soon as you run this, you will need to supply your Office 2010 KMS host license key. What else... oh, the ProPlus version that was made available on 4/22 to MSDN/TechNet isn't a volume license edition. It is a retail copy. Therefore you will need to get the VL edition from your SA download area which may go live today based on postings around the web. "IDS" wrote in message ... I want to start testing Office 2010 for a rollout in the upcoming months. What are the steps to setup a KMS server for Office 2010? Thanks! . . . . |
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