Activating Windows Servers
This article covers activating Windows Server on our vCloud platform.
Last updated
This article covers activating Windows Server on our vCloud platform.
Last updated
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.
To activate Windows Server, open a command prompt or Windows PowerShell as Administrator and enter one of the following commands:
Set the KMS server
Activate Windows
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 with the error as either text or a screenshot.
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 for assistance