# Activating Windows Servers

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Our KMS server will activate Windows Server versions 2012-2022.

As of April 2021, Hosted Network has decommissioned the Windows Server 2008 KMS Server due to this version of Windows having been marked End-of-Life in mid-January 2020. 

As a result, we can no longer provide licensing for Windows Server 2008 and strongly recommend upgrading to a newer version.
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**To activate Windows Server, open a command prompt or Windows PowerShell as Administrator and enter one of the following commands:**

Set the KMS server

```
slmgr.vbs /skms hn-kms.mhn.net.au
```

Activate Windows

```
slmgr.vbs /ato
```

If successful you should get a message appear saying that it successfully activated, if you get any other message or error and it fails to activate please email <support@hostednetwork.com.au> with the error as either text or a screenshot.

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&#x20;These KMS Servers will only activate if the external IP is a Hosted Network IP address. If your external IP is different (routing through a VPN to another location) please contact <support@hostednetwork.com.au> for assistance
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