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Probably TCP port 1688 needs opening on the firewall on the clients.<br />
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Full details, plus things like DNS SRV records here:<br />
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<a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff793409.aspx" rel="ugc">http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff793409.aspx</a>
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Probably TCP port 1688 needs opening on the firewall on the clients.

Full details, plus things like DNS SRV records here:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff793409.aspx [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff793409.aspx]

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DNS SRV record has been created during the KMS host installation.<br />
How can I open TCP port 1688 for all Win 7 clients through GPO?<br />
How can I enable WMI for all Win 7 clients through GPO?
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DNS SRV record has been created during the KMS host installation.
How can I open TCP port 1688 for all Win 7 clients through GPO?
How can I enable WMI for all Win 7 clients through GPO?

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You are more than welcome.<br />
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Thank you for the points and good luck going forwards with it.
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You are more than welcome.

Thank you for the points and good luck going forwards with it.

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I am trying to implement KMS licensing for Win 7 stations.<br />
I have installed KMS host on Win 2008 R2 64 bit server and everything is up and running.<br />
The only problem that I am facing is that there is no connection between host and Win 7 clients.<br />
Only if I stop Win 7 FW then I have proper connection.<br />
My question is what are the recommendations to set up properly connection between KMS host and Win 7 clients.<br />
I am working in the domain environment.
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I am trying to implement KMS licensing for Win 7 stations.
I have installed KMS host on Win 2008 R2 64 bit server and everything is up and running.
The only problem that I am facing is that there is no connection between host and Win 7 clients.
Only if I stop Win 7 FW then I have proper connection.
My question is what are the recommendations to set up properly connection between KMS host and Win 7 clients.
I am working in the domain environment.

KMS license distribution for Win 7 workstations

Windows 7 is an operating system from Microsoft. Features include multi-touch support, a redesigned Windows Shell with a new taskbar, referred to as the Superbar, a home networking system called HomeGroup, and performance improvements.