Managing KMS Servers

This is my KMS post that I will continue to update over time as I flush out the details.

Much of the information I’ve gathered started over here at this great Serverfault answer by Miles Erikson.

Microsoft’s KMS server is an easy way to manage and control the licensing and activation of massive amounts of machines on a network. I was recently tasked with getting our KMS server set up and sorted out and one of the first things I found out was that the documentation was rather lacking and a tad cryptic. But I did find a few snipits here and there and figured I’d put them all together here.

The KMS server is managed using the WMI script
slmgr.vbs
It is installed by default on Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7. Because it is based on WMI there is a brief delay between when you press enter and when you see the resulting dialog box.

If you run the command:
slmgr /dli
After a brief pause you should get a WMI pop up box with the details of the license of the particular client you are on.

To see which machines in your organization are responding as KMS servers issue the following nslookup command:
nslookup -type=srv _vlmcs._tcp.YOUR_DOMAIN_NAME_HERE

Microsoft has a list of default KMS keys available on TechNet
Office 2010
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee624355.aspx

Suites
	Office Professional Plus 2010	VYBBJ-TRJPB-QFQRF-QFT4D-H3GVB
	Office Standard 2010	V7QKV-4XVVR-XYV4D-F7DFM-8R6BM
	Office Home and Business 2010	D6QFG-VBYP2-XQHM7-J97RH-VVRCK
Stand-alone products
	Access 2010	V7Y44-9T38C-R2VJK-666HK-T7DDX
	Excel 2010	H62QG-HXVKF-PP4HP-66KMR-CW9BM
	SharePoint Workspace 2010	QYYW6-QP4CB-MBV6G-HYMCJ-4T3J4
	InfoPath 2010	K96W8-67RPQ-62T9Y-J8FQJ-BT37T
	OneNote 2010	Q4Y4M-RHWJM-PY37F-MTKWH-D3XHX
	Outlook 2010	7YDC2-CWM8M-RRTJC-8MDVC-X3DWQ
	PowerPoint 2010	RC8FX-88JRY-3PF7C-X8P67-P4VTT
	Project Professional 2010	YGX6F-PGV49-PGW3J-9BTGG-VHKC6
	Project Standard 2010	4HP3K-88W3F-W2K3D-6677X-F9PGB
	Publisher 2010	BFK7F-9MYHM-V68C7-DRQ66-83YTP
	Word 2010	HVHB3-C6FV7-KQX9W-YQG79-CRY7T
Visio
	Visio Premium 2010	D9DWC-HPYVV-JGF4P-BTWQB-WX8BJ
	Visio Professional 2010	7MCW8-VRQVK-G677T-PDJCM-Q8TCP
	Visio Standard 2010	767HD-QGMWX-8QTDB-9G3R2-KHFGJ

Windows Vista & Server 2008 (non R2)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc303280.aspx#_KMS_Client_Setup

Operating System Edition	Product Key
Windows Vista Business	YFKBB-PQJJV-G996G-VWGXY-2V3X8
Windows Vista Business N	HMBQG-8H2RH-C77VX-27R82-VMQBT
Windows Vista Enterprise	VKK3X-68KWM-X2YGT-QR4M6-4BWMV
Windows Vista Enterprise N	VTC42-BM838-43QHV-84HX6-XJXKV
Windows Server 2008  Datacenter	7M67G-PC374-GR742-YH8V4-TCBY3
Windows Server 2008 Datacenter without Hyper-V	22XQ2-VRXRG-P8D42-K34TD-G3QQC
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-Based Systems	4DWFP-JF3DJ-B7DTH-78FJB-PDRHK
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise	YQGMW-MPWTJ-34KDK-48M3W-X4Q6V
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise without Hyper-V	39BXF-X8Q23-P2WWT-38T2F-G3FPG
Windows Server 2008 Standard	TM24T-X9RMF-VWXK6-X8JC9-BFGM2
Windows Server 2008 Standard without Hyper-V	W7VD6-7JFBR-RX26B-YKQ3Y-6FFFJ
Windows Web Server 2008	WYR28-R7TFJ-3X2YQ-YCY4H-M249D

Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff793406.aspx

Windows 7
Windows 7 Professional	FJ82H-XT6CR-J8D7P-XQJJ2-GPDD4
Windows 7 Professional N	MRPKT-YTG23-K7D7T-X2JMM-QY7MG
Windows 7 Enterprise	33PXH-7Y6KF-2VJC9-XBBR8-HVTHH
Windows 7 Enterprise N	YDRBP-3D83W-TY26F-D46B2-XCKRJ
Windows 7 Enterprise E	C29WB-22CC8-VJ326-GHFJW-H9DH4
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2008 R2 HPC Edition	FKJQ8-TMCVP-FRMR7-4WR42-3JCD7
Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter	74YFP-3QFB3-KQT8W-PMXWJ-7M648
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise	489J6-VHDMP-X63PK-3K798-CPX3Y
Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-Based Systems	GT63C-RJFQ3-4GMB6-BRFB9-CB83V
Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard	YC6KT-GKW9T-YTKYR-T4X34-R7VHC
Windows Web Server 2008 R2	6TPJF-RBVHG-WBW2R-86QPH-6RTM4