Unable to activate Windows 7 automatically from KMS

Hi
We use KMS in our environment to activate windows 7. But we have a set of windows 7 VM's that is not getting activated from KMS. When we manually do using SLMGR commands it gets activated. Kindly suggest
Regards Sushain KApoor

Hi,
Please take a look at the following article regarding KMS client activation:
Configuring KMS Clients
Make sure the connection between the VMs and the KMS host is configured well.
By default KMS clients automatically attempt to discover KMS hosts. Auto-discovery can be disabled by manually assigning a KMS host to a KMS client. This action also clears the KMS host name from the KMS client’s cache. If auto-discovery is disabled, it
can be re-enable by running slmgr.vbs /ckms at a command prompt.
Best regards
Michael Shao
TechNet Community Support

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