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I have never done it before but I assume you will need to use the 2008 KMS key.
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I have never done it before but I assume you will need to use the 2008 KMS key.

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I am facing a KMS server on Server 2012 but we need KMS to be moved to a Windows 2008 R2 server, temporarily for a few reasons. <br />
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I'm a little confused on what key I'm supposed to use exactly.<br />
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After I've removed KMS from Server 2012 and have deleted the DNS entry (or can I just update the existing DNS entry?), I'm confused on the following:<br />
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When command &quot;slmgr.vbs /ipk [Your KMS Key]&quot; is run on the 2008 Server, is the Your KMS key supposed to be the KMS key for Server 2008 R2? Or should I use a Windows Server 2012 R2 key to establish a higher key in hierarchy that will activate Server 2012/Windows 8 and lower clients? <br />
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And when I add Office 2010/2013 keys, how do I install those for KMS to use to activate them as well? Is it the same DNS record?
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I am facing a KMS server on Server 2012 but we need KMS to be moved to a Windows 2008 R2 server, temporarily for a few reasons. 

I'm a little confused on what key I'm supposed to use exactly.

After I've removed KMS from Server 2012 and have deleted the DNS entry (or can I just update the existing DNS entry?), I'm confused on the following:

When command "slmgr.vbs /ipk [Your KMS Key]" is run on the 2008 Server, is the Your KMS key supposed to be the KMS key for Server 2008 R2? Or should I use a Windows Server 2012 R2 key to establish a higher key in hierarchy that will activate Server 2012/Windows 8 and lower clients? 

And when I add Office 2010/2013 keys, how do I install those for KMS to use to activate them as well? Is it the same DNS record?

Moving KMS follow-up question

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.

Windows Server 2008

Windows Server 2012 is the server version of Windows 8 and the successor to Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Server 2012 is the first version of Windows Server to have no support for Itanium-based computers since Windows NT 4.0. Windows Server 2012, now in its second release (Windows Server 2012 Release 2) includes Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter, and does not support IA-32 or IA-64 processors.