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Server 2022 KMS host key bug; Can't activate Win10 Enterprise LTSB/LTSC
We recently dropped our new Server 2022 KMS host key onto our KMS server. After the necessary update to accept the 2022 key and activating the new 2022 host key, we were able to activate our most com...
Update as of today contained two points:
1) Fix will be release for Server 2016 in week 2 of March 2022, and Server 2019 in week 3 of February 2022.
2) Microsoft has no reports of this behavior on a Server 2022 KMS host + 2022 key. (So either no one has spun up a new enough host to report this yet on anything other than a downlevel OS, or perhaps Server 2022 isn't affected)
I think I'm at the point where I'm going to snapshot my KMS host, upgrade to Server 2022, and see what happens.
I can confirm the same problem with KMS on Windows Server 2022 😞
Hope MS gets a fix for this soon. My team doesn't want to move forward till MS has a fix, to get 2022/Win11 in our environment.
Forgot if I mentioned this elsewhere, but I was told the following by support -- 3rd week of February for Server 2019 KMS hosts, and second week of March for Server 2016 KMS hosts.
Also, you should only need to use a 2022 host key if you want to activate a Server 2022 KMS client. Windows 11 and Windows 10 both use the same clients keys and will activate fine as-is with a 2019 host key in use. (As will Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021, since it uses the same client keys as LTSC 2019)Addresses a known issue that affects versions of Windows Server that are in use as a Key Management Services (KMS) host. Client devices running Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2019 might not activate. This issue only occurs when using a new Customer Support Volume License Key (CSVLK) and after installing updates released April 22, 2021 or later.
