8/25/2023 0 Comments Windows server 2019 kmsThese are the steps you need to do (in an elevated prompt mostly): I didn’t want to change this ever again, so I created a CNAME record named KMS and pointed that to the new KMS host. I also wanted to (still) use a DNS SRV record to let other servers find the KMS host through DNS. It still ran on the first Windows 2008 Server server and it needs to move to a dedicated (license) server. ![]() Now, I wanted to move my KMS server to another server. These are the parameters available on a KMS server/host: These are the slmgr.vbs parameters available on a KMS client: ![]() It’s now been 3 years since the system was introduced, so I presume you admins all got this part of you infra in order and you know the slmgr.vbs utility =) Otherwise, read this and this first. Initially everybody just used their KMS key as a VLK and put it on every server making every server a KMS host in the process. But do you know which server that was? Because of the confusion that existed when Microsoft introduced their KMS licensing, you probably have no problem activating your Windows servers. ![]() Do you know which server hosts your KMS? By default it’s the first Windows 2008 Server server that you introduced into your domain infrastructure.
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