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What is AVMA?
AVMA (Automatic Virtual Machine Activation) lets you activate virtual machines running on a licensed virtualization host without having to deal with each individual virtual machine. The process takes place during the startup process of the virtual machine.
What are the requirements for AVMA?
- Datacenter Edition of Windows Server 2012R2 or 2016 as the management operating system.
- Hyper-V Role Enabled.
What can you achieve with AVMA?
- Activate virtual machines in remote locations. The supported OS level of host and virtual machines is Server 2012R2 and higher.
- Activate virtual machines with or without an internet connection.
- Track virtual machine usage and licenses from the virtualization server, without requiring any access rights on the virtualized systems.
- Use it with SPLA to transparently activate tenants virtual machines.
AVMA in Windows Server 2016.
- Can activate virtual machines running Server 2012R2 and 2016.
- Supported editions of Windows 2016 are Full GUI and Server Core. Nano Server installation option is not supported yet.
Implementing AVMA.
- Create a virtual machine and install a supported server operating system on it (2012R2 or 2016).
- Install the AVMA key in the virtual machine using GUI or by running the following command from an elevated command prompt.
slmgr /ipk "AVMA Key"
After completing the above steps, the virtual machine will automatically activate against the virtualization host that resides.
AVMA keys for Windows Server 2016
| Edition | AVMA key |
| Datacenter | TMJ3Y-NTRTM-FJYXT-T22BY-CWG3J |
| Standard | C3RCX-M6NRP-6CXC9-TW2F2-4RHYD |
| Essentials | B4YNW-62DX9-W8V6M-82649-MHBKQ |
AVMA keys for Windows Server 2012R2
| Edition | AVMA key |
| Datacenter | Y4TGP-NPTV9-HTC2H-7MGQ3-DV4TW |
| Standard | DBGBW-NPF86-BJVTX-K3WKJ-MTB6V |
| Essentials | K2XGM-NMBT3-2R6Q8-WF2FK-P36R2 |
Additional information about AVMA can found in the link below:
Automatic Virtual Machine Activation
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