KMS issue - Server 2008 kms key on Windows Server 2003?

[Guest Paul Coen]

We've got a Microsoft Campus agreement, and I'm getting our KMS set up on a

Windows 2003 R2 Server. Getting it running using our Vista KMS key was no

problem, but I couldn't get any of the server keys listed on our license to

work - all reported back as invalid when I tried to do slmgr /ipk <key>. The

Vista KMS key entered with no issues and activated.

 

Before I go down the route of calling the authorization center, I wanted to

make sure that this actually ought to work - using the 1.1 KMS for Server

2008 activations on a Windows Server 2003 R2 (+ sp2) system that itself is

using a current, valid VLK.

[Guest Darrell Gorter[MSFT]]

RE: KMS issue - Server 2008 kms key on Windows Server 2003?

 

Hello Paul,

Yes that should work.

I would check to verify that you have KMS 1.1 not KMS 1.0 installed.

Thanks,

Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

 

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| >We've got a Microsoft Campus agreement, and I'm getting our KMS set up

on a

| >Windows 2003 R2 Server. Getting it running using our Vista KMS key was

no

| >problem, but I couldn't get any of the server keys listed on our license

to

| >work - all reported back as invalid when I tried to do slmgr /ipk <key>.

The

| >Vista KMS key entered with no issues and activated.

| >

| >Before I go down the route of calling the authorization center, I wanted

to

| >make sure that this actually ought to work - using the 1.1 KMS for

Server

| >2008 activations on a Windows Server 2003 R2 (+ sp2) system that itself

is

| >using a current, valid VLK.

| >