What is Microsoft KMS?
A Microsoft Key Management Server (KMS) is
a legitimate service offered under Microsoft Volume Activation 2.0 solution
which is used to activate volume licensed Microsoft products. The KMS allows
automated activation of Microsoft products for organizations within their own
network, eliminating the need for individual computers to connect to Microsoft
for product activation.
The internally hosted KMS server activates client
computers for a period of 180 day, once a machine is activated it will attempt
to communicate with the same KMS server every 7 days to renew its activation
resetting it license counter back to 180 days. If the KMS activated client is
not able to re-communication to the KMS after 180 days, the machine will become
unlicensed and go to its 30 day grace period and notify the user of this
change. If the machine is not activated against the KMS after the 30 day grace
period it will enter a reduced functionality mode until it is able to connect
to its KMS or is changed to a MAK license key and activated with other methods.
While being a legitimate service from Microsoft
for volume licensing and activation of genuine copies of their software's, KMS
activation process has been exploited by pirates since Windows XP and is Windows
8 activators are based on this method.
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