Hi there. Last year I setup a KMS host on a Windows Server 2003 R1 Enterprise SP2 box to activate our MS Office 2010 installs. It seems to be doing its job. Now next school year we are planning to move from Win XP to Win 7. I would like to use the KMS option for activating clients. I guess I'm looking to have my hand held on this. Is it feasible to host both Office 2010 and Win 7 keys from the same KMS host? Do I merely need to run the command to add another key? If so, can someone share said command? I think I would also like to setup at least one, two tops, more KMS host for failover. It'll be on the same OS. Is there anything I need to do with DNS or anything to ensure use of these or will the products merely activate to whichever KMS host replies first? I've done a bunch of searching online for these answers and just haven't gotten anything solid. Thanks very much in advance for any assistance. Take Care Rick

For Windows 7 ENT I use cscript c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs -skms kms.domain.com cscript c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs -ato For Office 2010 (If Office does not "want" to activate automatically, or reminds you after some time.) cd "c:\program files\microsoft office\office14" OR cd "c:\program files (x86)\microsoft office\office14" (for 64bit W7) cscript ospp.vbs /sethst:kms.domain.com cscript ospp.vbs /act I have found that it was better for me to use IP address instead of fully qualified domain name kms.domain.com. Be aware of open port needed to reach KMS server from client, if you use any firewall. Usually it is port 1688. Regards Milos

Hi, From the problem description, I understand that you would like to activate your OS from Windows XP to Windows 7. Based on my experience, you need to install the required update on your Windows Server 2003 to make sure that Windows 7 could be activated properly. There is a link for your reference: Title: An update is available that installs Key Management Service (KMS) 1.2 for Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) and for later versions of Windows Server 2003 URL: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=968915 Of course, you need to import the Windows 7 product key to make sure the Windows 7 clients could be activated. We could use the Slmgr.vbs command to import the product key. Towards the command syntax, there is a link for your reference: Title: Slmgr.vbs Options URL: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff793433.aspx Towards the failover scenario, we could install another KMS host within the Domain as you can use the same KMS Host key 6 times on 6 different machines and set the priority between the KMS hosts. For the detailed information about the Volume Activation, there is a link for your reference: Title: Volume Activation 2.0 Deployment Guide URL: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc303280.aspx Regards, JamesPlease remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Hi, From the problem description, I understand that you would like to activate your OS from Windows XP to Windows 7. Based on my experience, you need to install the required update on your Windows Server 2003 to make sure that Windows 7 could be activated properly. There is a link for your reference: Title: An update is available that installs Key Management Service (KMS) 1.2 for Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) and for later versions of Windows Server 2003 URL: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=968915 Of course, you need to import the Windows 7 product key to make sure the Windows 7 clients could be activated. We could use the Slmgr.vbs command to import the product key. Towards the command syntax, there is a link for your reference: Title: Slmgr.vbs Options URL: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff793433.aspx Towards the failover scenario, we could install another KMS host within the Domain as you can use the same KMS Host key 6 times on 6 different machines and set the priority between the KMS hosts. For the detailed information about the Volume Activation, there is a link for your reference: Title: Volume Activation 2.0 Deployment Guide URL: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc303280.aspx Regards, JamesPlease remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Thank you both very much for the information. I will read up on the provided links and see if it gets me where I am looking to go. UPDATE: Thanks James...you the man!! I haven't worked on the failover KMS host, but my current KMS host is up and ready for Win 7 as well as still taking care of Office 2010. Thanks so much.