Hi,

I'm having the same issue. I am new to KMS and, I think my
procurement guy didn't really understand what he was buying at the time.
I have 2 seats of server 2008 listed in my volume license agreement.
The server2008 machine that is the DC activated fine. The 2nd machine I
brought online will not activate.

Do I need to buy 3 more licenses that I don't need to be able to
activate the 2nd machine to reach the requisite 5 license count for
servers?

Can I swap out the KMS license type for the old-school type of license
that did not have this 5-seat limitation?

Thanks,

David.




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Update -

I went to the properties of Computer and "Changed Product Key". I put
in the exact same key as the original engineer used to stage the
machine. It requested activation...I clicked activate...it activated
fine.

So, does this mean that I now have two KMS host servers on the domain?
Should my licensing distributor have sold KMS licenses in the first
place?

This is all very confusing.


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"mishupishu" <mishupishu.3wk0zb@newsgroup> wrote in message
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>
> Update -
>
> I went to the properties of Computer and "Changed Product Key". I put
> in the exact same key as the original engineer used to stage the
> machine. It requested activation...I clicked activate...it activated
> fine.
>
> So, does this mean that I now have two KMS host servers on the domain?
> Should my licensing distributor have sold KMS licenses in the first
> place?
>
> This is all very confusing.
>
>

You'll need to post the original thread because we can't see it in the
Microsoft public newsgroups because they expire after 90 days. Apparently
the original is older than 90 days. Keep in mind, Techarena's newsgroup
source are the Microsoft Newsgroups.

So not sure what the total issue is or was, but have you contacted your
distributor or channel partner asking this question?

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