I'm not sure this is accurate. It's my understanding that the threshold of (5) still requires physical servers, and does not include virtual machines. If you can point out a MS reference that states otherwise, I'd love to see it.
This is a pain for our lab environments that we set up, which primarily run all virtual machines on ESX clusters. Typically we don't have 5 physical Windows hosts in those environments, so the KMS activation issue and a threshold of (5) is always a problem. Thanks Chris Bodnar, MCSE Systems Engineer Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Email: christopher_bod...@glic.com Phone: 610-807-6459 Fax: 610-807-6003 From: Malcolm Reitz <malcolm.re...@live.com> To: "NT System Admin Issues" <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> Date: 10/13/2010 07:41 PM Subject: RE: KMS Best Practices MS made some changes with the last update to KMS. The activation threshold for Server 2008/2008R2 has been moved down to 5 while remaining at 25 for other clients. Virtual machines now count towards the threshold, too. That said, with only 6 servers, Brian is correct in that MAK is the way to go for them. Are you going to have enough workstations to make this worthwhile? I’d put the KMS on a server that will be around longest. -Malcolm From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 18:27 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: KMS Best Practices You’ll want to MAK the servers. You need 25 machines of a specific type (e.g. mapped to a specific KMS key) before the KMS activates against MS. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c – 312.731.3132 From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 7:17 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: KMS Best Practices Getting ready to roll out a bunch of new stuff at a shop as they now have their OVS keys. I am reading up on setting up a KMS and as trivial as this appears, are there any concerns by people who have set these up that might not be outlined in TechNet? At the place in question, they have ~6 servers and only two would likely be around permanently, the DC and Exchange server. Make sense to install those with a KMS key? Thanks! jlc ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ----------------------------------------- This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
