When the installation has finished you will be asked to restart the server. Once you’ve clicked “Yes” the installation will start Just follow the instructions and you’ll be fine So grab the hotfix and install it from an elevated command prompt. If you don’t install this hotfix registering a Windows Server 2012 R2 KMS key will throw an error:Ġxc004f015: The Software Licensing Service reported that the license is not installed. Install the following update: KB 2885698: Update adds support for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 clients to Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2012 KMS hosts (see Windows Server 2012 R2 & Windows 8.1 KMS Service Activation). In this example our KMS Service is running on Windows Server 2008 R2 so we need to do a couple of things. So it’s of to the Volume License Servicing Center to get the bits and the keys.īefore we start the roll out we need to either bring up a Windows Server 2012 R2 (or Windows 8.1) KMS host or upgrade the existing one that runs Windows Server 2012 or lower.
It’s a great day as Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1 bits have gone GA (“General Availability”).
