This question is about KMS activation over a different network from the one my workstation is connected to.
The software I am dealing with is Windows 7 Enterprise and MS Office 2013
Scenario
I manage a LAN for my company. We have our own internal AD and DNS/DHCP servers.
However, Our physical workstations are owned and managed by a Corporation and they handle licensing of the workstation software and manage the KMS servers.
I can physically plug the workstations into the CORP LAN and Domain and force activation, but this is basically the worst case scenario.
My Goal:
My Goal is to create a constant static route to kms.corp.com through a router that is connected to both networks. I want the workstations to then have DNS records that automatically point to the proper host for KMS activation.
I drew a diagram of the scenario I would like to have:
Now creating the routes is easy, what I don't understand is the DNS settings I need to create in order to allow the machines to properly access the KMS activation server.
Any help is appreciated, thanks.
Best Answer
It seems to me that you could probably use the
Manually Create SRV Records in DNSmethod in this article in conjunction with Conditional Forwarders to achieve this.https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff793405.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396