The key management service is unavailable


i have 2 workgroup windows 2008 r2 standard machines trying activate our kms server on network.

port 1688 tcp opened , can telnet kms clients

on 1 server can activate

but on 1 cannot. keeps giving me message key management service unavailable.

any ideas?

oh, strange. when joined machine domain, started working. why kms activation in workgroup fails?

i should work when kms client in in workgroup. check post:

kms in workgroup environment

http://blogs.technet.com/b/bulentozkir/archive/2011/01/26/kms-sunucunun-workgroup-clientlar-i-231-in-ayarlanmas.aspx

how troubleshoot key management service (kms)

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee939272.aspx


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