KMS, Azure and proxy

Question

Dear all

In azure for KMS if we have a web proxy which is blocking internet and only specific web sites and firewall blocking port 1688 is a good workaround to have a dedicated KMS server and have the machines point to this for Azure or is is best to use Azure which works out of the box providing the connectivity is there? Right now it is blocked so KMS is not being activated

What are you doing?

Tnaks in Advance.

Answer 1

Use Azure KMS. Details at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/azure/virtual-machines/windows/troubleshoot-activation-problems#understanding-azure-kms-endpoints-for-windows-product-activation-of-azure-vms

This minimizes maintenance overhead and eliminates the need to pay for an extra VM

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hth

Marcin

Answer 2

Hello AnnaG,

When using KMS a solution is to Whitelist Azure KMS Endpoint and then use UDR

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/azure/virtual-machines/windows/troubleshoot-activation-problems#understanding-azure-kms-endpoints-for-windows-product-activation-of-azure-vms

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Regards,

Abiola