Key Management Services (KMS) is a way to manage Windows Activation centrally for a networking infrastructure. This method will not work with Web Application Proxies that are installed using retail media. To activate non-domain-joined Web Application Proxy servers, perform these actions, per scenario: Activate using KMS Hosts Activate using MAK and an Internet connection.Activate using Host-based Activation (for Hyper-V virtual machines only).There are four solutions to activate non-domain-joined Web Application Proxies: Through audits, license incompliance might be discovered and measures may be taken, not just financially. From a business continuity perspective it would make since to strictly adhere to the product use rights.
More importantly, non-activated servers typically point to a rather casual attitude towards licensing. Windows Server 2016 will reboot every hour, disable certain services and show EventID 5074 on installations performed with Evaluation media. Technically, functionality will not be reduced on non-activated Windows Servers, when installed with Volume License (VL) installation media. When Windows Server is not properly activated, recurring notifications will be shown. Possible negative impact (What could go wrong?) Having activated Windows Server installations throughout the Hybrid Identity implementation is important. As they are built using on-premises systems, they are intended to provide the functionality for the full duration of the economic lifetime of these systems (4-5 years). Hybrid Identity deployments are often long and costly implementations. Why look at Windows Activation for Web Application Proxies However, this option can’t be used for Web Application Proxy servers that are non-domain-joined and/or placed on a perimeter network (also commonly referred to as a DMZ network). If your Web Application Proxy servers are domain-joined, you can use Active Directory-based activation to take care of Windows activation.
This blogpost assumes you’re running Web Application Proxies as non-domain-joined Server Core Windows Server 2016 installations.
In this part of the series, we’ll look at best practices to handle Windows activation on non-domain-joined Web Application Proxy servers. In this series, labeled Hardening Hybrid Identity, we’re looking at hardening these implementations, using recommended practices. Most Microsoft-based Hybrid Identity implementations use Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) Servers, Web Application Proxies and Azure AD Connect installations.
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