Installing Office 2013 Key Management Service Host on Server 2012

This installation is documented for installation using the Office Professional Plus 2013 Key Management Service Host ISO provided though the Volume Licensing Service Center, also assuming that the Volume Activation Services have been properly installed and configured on Windows Server 2012.

1. Download the Office Professional Plus 2013 Key Management Service Host ISO from the Microsoft Volume Licensing Service Center.
2. Copy it to the 2012 KMS server.
3. Right click the ISO and select Mount.
4. Run PowerShell as Administrator and navigate to the mounted ISO's root directory.
5. Run cscript kms_host.vbs
6. While it runs, it will open Volume Activation Tools
7. Click Next at the Volume Activation Tools introduction screen.
8. Select your Activation Method, enter in the FQDN if required and click Next.
9. Click the radio option to Install your KMS host key and enter in your KMS host key.
10. Click Commit
11. At the info box click yes to install the new product key.
12. Verify Activate Product is selected and click Next
13. In the Select Product drop down you will see Office 15, VOLUME_KMS channel selected already.
14. Choose your Activation method and click Commit.
15. Click Yes at the This will activate the KMS host info box.
16. View the configuration, verify it has succeeded, and click Next.
17. If there are any options you would like to change in the configuration do so and click Commit.
18. Click Yes to overwrite existing KMS configurations.
19. It will then restart the Software Protection licensing service.
20. If you are done click Close.
21. Verify the PowerShell window indicates a successful completion, press ENTER to close.