How to license Win2016 EC2s

Question

I instantiated a Windows server image from the market place and configured it appropriately for my use.  I saved it as my own AMI image and I have now spun up 2 copies of it.  The second one does not think it is licensed which I can understand.  How can I get a license for this second (and future) copies?  Or perhaps there is a different way to do what I'm trying to do?

Mfanelo · Answer

Hi There,

I understand that you would like to find information on How to license Win2016 EC2.

I recommend that you follow the documentation [1].

Please also note that windows instances use Microsoft Key Management Service (Microsoft KMS) on Amazon Web Services (AWS) for activation. You might get a Windows activation error message if your instance can’t reach the Microsoft KMS server. Or, there might be an issue with the Microsoft KMS client configuration.

To resolve this you can either use an AWS Systems Manager Automation document or follow a manual process to activate Windows.

Kindly follow this documentation to implement either one of these solutions [2]

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[2] https://aws.amazon.com/windows/resources/licensing/

[1] https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/windows-activation-fails/

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How to license Win2016 EC2s

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