Share via


KMS Host Keys to Products Activated for Volume Activation

 

Applies To: Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2

Table 7 describes the products that each KMS host can activate.

Table 7. KMS host keys matched to products they activate

A KMS server running this operating system...

can activate these Windows products:

On the KMS server in Column 1, this key type...

can activate these specific Windows editions:

Client operating systems:

Windows 10

Windows 7

Windows 8

Windows 8.1

Windows 10

KMS

Windows 10 Enterprise

Windows 10 Education

Windows 10 Pro

Windows 8.1 Enterprise

Windows 8.1 Pro

Windows 8 Professional

Windows 8 Enterprise

Windows 7 Professional

Windows 7 Enterprise

Windows 8.1, Windows 8

Windows Vista

Windows 7

Windows 8

Windows 8.1

Windows 10 (once you install the update in the note below this table)

KMS

Windows 8.1 Enterprise

Windows 8.1 Pro

Windows 8 Professional

Windows 8 Enterprise

Windows 7 Professional

Windows 7 Enterprise

Windows Vista Business

Windows Vista Enterprise

Windows 7

Windows 7 Professional

Windows 7 Enterprise

KMS

Windows Vista Business

Windows Vista Enterprise

Windows 7 Professional

Windows 7 Enterprise

Windows Vista

Windows Vista Business

Windows Vista Enterprise

KMS

Windows Vista Business

Windows Vista Enterprise

Server operating systems:

Windows Server 2012 R2

Windows Server 2012

Windows Server 2008 R2

Windows Server 2008

Windows 7

Windows 8

Windows 8.1

Windows 10 (once you install the update in the note below this table)

KMS

Windows Server 2012 R2 Server Standard

Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter

Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials

Windows Server 2012

Windows Server 2008 R2

Windows 7

Windows 8

Windows 8.1

Windows 10 (once you install the update in the note below this table)

KMS

Windows Server 2012

Windows Server 2012 N

Windows Server 2012 Single Language

Windows Server 2012 Country Specific

Windows Server 2012 Server Standard

Windows Server 2012 MultiPoint Standard

Windows Server 2012 MultiPoint Premium

Windows Server 2012 Datacenter

Windows Server 2008 R2

Server Group A:

Windows® Web Server 2008 R2

Windows Server 2008 R2 HPC Edition

Windows HPC Server 2008 R2

KMS_A

Windows Server 2008 R2 Group A

Windows Server 2008 Group A

Windows Vista Volume Editions

Windows 7 Volume Editions

Windows Server 2008 R2

Server Group B

Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard

Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise

KMS_B

Windows Server 2008 R2 Group A

Windows Server 2008 Group A

Windows Server 2008 R2 Group B

Windows Server 2008 Group B

Windows Vista Volume Editions

Windows 7 Volume Editions

Windows Server 2008 R2

Server Group C

Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter

Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-Based Systems

KMS_C

Windows Server 2008 R2 Group A

Windows Server 2008 Group A

Windows Server 2008 R2 Group B

Windows Server 2008 Group B

Windows Server 2008 R2 Group C

Windows Server 2008 Group C

Windows Vista Volume Editions

Windows 7 Volume Editions

Note

Installations of KMS on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, or Windows Server 2012 must be updated in order to support activation of clients running Windows 10 or newer client or server operating systems. For more information, see Update that enables Windows 8.1 and Windows 8 KMS hosts to activate a later version of Windows. Installations of KMS On Windows Server 2003 cannot be updated to support activation of clients running Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, or newer operating systems.

Windows Server 2008 R2 KMS keys follow the same hierarchy (groups A, B, C) as Windows Server 2008 with the addition of the Windows Server 2008 Datacenter without Hyper-V™, Windows Server 2008 Enterprise without Hyper-V, and Windows Server 2008 Standard without Hyper-V. The primary difference to note is that Windows Server 2008 R2 KMS keys can be used to activate a KMS host that will in turn activate Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Vista.

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista keys cannot activate Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 systems.

Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 cannot activate Windows 10 or Windows Server 2012 R2 operating systems.

See also