Facilitating KMS Activations

Occasionally we run into situations where Windows or the Office Suite fails to activate.

The solution: Use the built-in product-specific scripts to activate.

The problem: Many people in IT are not aware of these scripts, and thus how to use them, which results in a guaranteed call or email to the appropriate team.

Since I’m all about empowering people, I figured I’d put together a little script to help facilitate all this.

Enter: KMSActivate-MicrosoftProducts

I probably could have just left it as ‘Activate-MicrosoftProducts’ but I wanted to make sure potential users knew this was specifically for KMS scenarios, not MAK which has it’s own procedure.

[cmdletbinding()]
Param
    (
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)]
            [Switch]$ActivateOS = $true,

        [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)]
            [Switch]$ActivateOffice = $true
    )

Function Check-IfRunningWithAdministratorRights { If (!([Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal] [Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]“Administrator”)) { Write-Warning “ERROR: You DO NOT have Administrator rights to run this script!`nPlease re-run this script as an Administrator!”; Break } }

Function Get-KMSHost { try { return (nslookup -type=srv _vlmcs._tcp | ? { $_ -like '*svr hostname*' }).Replace('svr hostname','').Replace('=','').Trim() } catch { throw $_ } }

Function Get-KMSClientSetupKey
    {
        # https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj612867(v=ws.11).aspx
        [cmdletbinding()]
        Param
            (
                [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)]
                    [string]$OperatingSystemCaption = (Get-CimInstance -ClassName win32_operatingsystem).caption
            )

        Switch -Wildcard ($OperatingSystemCaption)
            {
                '*Windows Server 2016 Datacenter*' { return 'CB7KF-BWN84-R7R2Y-793K2-8XDDG' }

                '*Windows Server 2016 Standard*' { return 'WC2BQ-8NRM3-FDDYY-2BFGV-KHKQY' }

                '*Windows Server 2016 Essentials*' { return 'JCKRF-N37P4-C2D82-9YXRT-4M63B' }

                '*Windows 10 Enterprise*' { return 'NPPR9-FWDCX-D2C8J-H872K-2YT43' }

                '*Windows 7 Enterprise*' { return '33PXH-7Y6KF-2VJC9-XBBR8-HVTHH' }

                default { write-host "ERROR INVALID OPERATING SYSTEM CAPTION: $_"; throw }
            }
    }

Function KMSActivate-OperatingSystem
    {
        [cmdletbinding()]
        Param
            (
                [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)]
                    [string]$KMSHost = $(Get-KMSHost),

                [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)]
                    [string]$KMSClientSetupKey = $(Get-KMSClientSetupKey)
            )

        Start-Process -FilePath 'cscript' -ArgumentList "/nologo `"$env:windir\System32\slmgr.vbs`" -dlv" -Wait

        Start-Process -FilePath 'cscript' -ArgumentList "/nologo `"$env:windir\System32\slmgr.vbs`" -skms $KMSHost" -Wait

        Start-Process -FilePath 'cscript' -ArgumentList "/nologo `"$env:windir\System32\slmgr.vbs`" -ipk $KMSClientSetupKey" -Wait

        Start-Process -FilePath 'cscript' -ArgumentList "/nologo `"$env:windir\System32\slmgr.vbs`" -ato" -Wait

        Start-Process -FilePath 'cscript' -ArgumentList "/nologo `"$env:windir\System32\slmgr.vbs`" -dlv" -Wait
    }

Function KMSActivate-OfficeSuite
    {
        [cmdletbinding()]
        Param
            (
                [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)]
                    [string]$KMSHost = $(Get-KMSHost)
            )

        #write-host "KMSHost [$KMSHost]"

        [System.Collections.ArrayList]$OfficeInstallationDirs = @()
        foreach($ProgFilePath in $env:ProgramFiles,${env:ProgramFiles(x86)})
            {
                if(!(Test-Path -Path $ProgFilePath -PathType Container)) { continue }
                foreach($OfficeVersion in (gci "$ProgFilePath\Microsoft Office" -Filter Office* -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) { $OfficeInstallationDirs += $OfficeVersion.Fullname }
            }

        foreach($OfficeInstallationDir in $OfficeInstallationDirs)
            {
                if(!(Test-Path -Path "$OfficeInstallationDir\ospp.vbs" -PathType Leaf)) { continue }

                Start-Process -FilePath 'cscript' -ArgumentList "/nologo `"$OfficeInstallationDir\ospp.vbs`" /dstatusall" -Wait

                Start-Process -FilePath 'cscript' -ArgumentList "/nologo `"$OfficeInstallationDir\ospp.vbs`" /sethst:$KMSHost" -Wait

                Start-Process -FilePath 'cscript' -ArgumentList "/nologo `"$OfficeInstallationDir\ospp.vbs`" /act" -Wait

                Start-Process -FilePath 'cscript' -ArgumentList "/nologo `"$OfficeInstallationDir\ospp.vbs`" /dstatusall" -Wait
            }
    }

Check-IfRunningWithAdministratorRights

if($ActivateOS -eq $true) { KMSActivate-OperatingSystem }

if($ActivateOffice -eq $true) { KMSActivate-OfficeSuite }

 

The script will attempt to:

• Confirm it’s running elevated otherwise it’ll quit
• Determine the KMS server (or use the one supplied)
• Determine the OS to set the correct client setup key
• Determine the version(s) of Office installed (if any)
• Activate Windows 7, 10 and a few flavors of Server 2016
• Activate any various versions of Office if present

Not saying this is the best way – just a way.  I merely wanted a turn-key solution for our IT staff and this was what made sense as it solves some of the more infrequent issues that occasionally arose.

Good Providence to you!