KMS Activation: Student Virtual Machine Environment
The Microsoft KMS servers can be used by DSU students, staff and faculty who have a project requiring a licensed copy of Microsoft Windows that will be used on campus. The key server requires a check in once every 30 days and will disable your product after 3 consecutive missed check-ins. This should not be used as a license for the main operating system of any computer that frequently leaves campus or leaves campus for long periods of time.
Limited support will be provided for OS’s in a test or VM environment. If your project or test environment is a graded class project or assignment, report activation issues to the Support Desk. Questions about KMS Activation, please contact your instructor.
Students or faculty installing the Windows OS on a non-domain virtual machine.
To activate license:
Open an elevated command prompt,
Enter: slmgr /skms dsu-kms-01.dsu.local:1688
Enter: slmgr /ato
Make sure your virtual machine has network access before attempting activation.