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Unable to activate Windows Server 2012 against KMS, error code 0x80072EE2

Posted on January 9, 2013 by wooway

In our environment, we have full implementation of KMS host with the new Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 keys, (I would write about how run this upgrade later).  Somehow, when we tried to activated a deployed Windows Server 2012, we got the following error log: event ID 8200 and 1014 with error code 0x80072EE2.8200

1014

Verified that the firewall port 1688 and DNS records are all fine in where this server is located, and through a few research, I found this thread in TechNet, although the discussion was in 2009, it seems still applicable.

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowsserver2008r2general/thread/a466b823-93b8-4911-9ec5-5a1da8a2c265

I got the new client setup key from here:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj612867.aspx,

then ran the following commands:

slmgr /ipk XC9B7-NBPP2-83J2H-RHMBY-92BT4
slmgr /ato
 
Voilà!  The Windows Server 2012 is activated!

I guess the root cause could be someone tried to activate this server incorrectly before we started working on it, or that was not from a volume license copy.  I would give credit to cybercoaster in Microsoft forum.  Thanks,

Another link might be useful:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee939272.aspx

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