(Originally posted 2011-06-16)
For Windows clients to automatically find a KMS server, it needs to have a SRV record in DNS. This should be located as follows:
DNS Server -> Domain Name -> Other New Records
Select Service Location (SRV)
- Service: _vlmcs
- Protocol: _tcp
- Priority: 0
- Weight: 0
- Port number: 1688
- Host offering the service: FQDN of KMS Server
Once you have this, you can either wait for the next time Product Activation runs in the background, or you can force it by running the two following commands via an elevated command shell:
- cscript %windir%\system32\slmgr.vbs -skms FQDN.OF.KMS.SERVER
- cscript %windir%\system32\slmgr.vbs -ato
This will run activation against the specified KMS server.