Month: August 2015

Activate Windows 10 clients with KMS

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Looking to activate your shiny new Windows 10 clients with your KMS? This is what you need to do.

1) Install following update on your KMS host: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3058168 (Select the OS of your KMS. Reboot is required.)

2) While we are waiting for  Windows Server 2016, MS has created an unique KMS key for the use of activating Windows 10 clients with a Server 2012 R2 key. Browsing your licensing site, you will find a key named like this: Windows Srv 2012R2 DataCtr/Std KMS for Windows 10

3) Install the new key with the usual command: slmgr.vbs /ipk NEWKEYGOESHERE

4) Activate the key using: slmgr.vbs /ato

5) Lean back and watch your W10 clients being activated by your KMS.

 

New PXE deployments: “Skipping Task Sequence because it is not active yet”

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I just updated to Windows 10 ADK and was eager to start building my new Windows 10 image.

So I created brand new WinPE10 boot images (x64/x86), deployed them to my DP’s and PXE points. Imported the new OS into SCCM and created my build and capture TS and deployed it to my BuildCapture collection. I booted my VM and noticed my new task sequence wasn’t on the list. I did another reboot just to make sure the new policy was downloaded, but no. Still no W10 build and capture task sequence.

Having a look at the SMSTS.log revealed following: “Skipping Task Sequence because it is not active yet”

Seems like the time is a bit off when deploying with a default available schedule of now. I had to edit the deployment and set the date/time a few days back for the TS to show up. (This is CM 2012 R2 SP1)