KMS Onpremise et VMs in Azure

Question

_{Wednesday, January 30, 2019 9:27 AM}

Hello ,

It's possible to use our Onpremise KMS for windowds licencing for our VMs in our Azure ?

Regards

All replies (4)

_{Wednesday, January 30, 2019 9:35 AM}

Hello!

Yes it's possible for virtual machines (VMs) in Azure to get licensed by a KMS that is located on-premises.

You will have to make sure that the VMs in Azure are able to connect to the on-premises KMS server, you can find more information from the link below:

**Troubleshoot Azure Windows virtual machine activation problems
**/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/troubleshooting/troubleshoot-activation-problems

Best regards,
Leon

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_{Wednesday, January 30, 2019 12:14 PM}

I don't see anything that would provide information regarding activation by using an on-premises KMS server at /en-us/azure/virtual-machines/troubleshooting/troubleshoot-activation-problems

It's also not clear to me what would be the reason to do so.

If you want to ensure that you can benefit from your on-premises licenses, then you should configure Hybrid Benefits for Windows Server instead. For details, refer to /en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/hybrid-use-benefit-licensing

hth
Marcin

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_{Wednesday, January 30, 2019 2:00 PM}

@Marcin Policht : I can enable Azure hybrid benefit no problem .but i want to be sure if i enabled , my server will get the licence from  our Onpremise KMS 

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_{Wednesday, January 30, 2019 2:11 PM}

I'm yet to see anything in Microsoft provided documentation that would indicate that such configuration is actually supported

hth
Marcin