Know more details about Windows Automatic Key Activation.

AVMA lets you activate Windows Server virtual machines (VMs) on Windows Server Hyper-V host that is properly activated, even in disconnected environments. AVMA binds the virtual machine activation to the licensed virtualization host and activates the virtual machine when it starts up. You can get real-time reporting on usage and historical data on the license state of the virtual machine when using AVMA. Reporting and tracking data is available on the virtualization host.

Practical applications:

On virtualization hosts, AVMA offers several benefits.

Server data center managers can use AVMA to do the following:

• Activate virtual machines in remote locations.
• Activate virtual machines with or without an internet connection.
• Track virtual machine usage and licenses from the virtualization host, without requiring any access rights on the virtualized systems.

System requirements

The virtualization host that will run virtual machines needs to be activated. Keys can be obtained through the Volume Licensing Service Center or your OEM provider.

AVMA requires Windows Server Datacenter edition with the Hyper-V host role installed. The operating system version of the Hyper-V host determines which versions of operating system can be activated in a virtual machine. Here are the guests that the different version hosts can activate:

Server host version	Windows Server 2022 guest VM	Windows Server 2019 guest VM	Windows Server 2016 guest VM	Windows Server 2012 R2 guest VM
Windows Server 2022	X	X	X	X
Windows Server 2019		X	X	X
Windows Server 2016			X	X
Windows Server 2012 R2				X

Note: AVMA does not work with other server virtualization technologies than Hyper-V.

AVMA keys:

The following AVMA keys can be used for Windows Server 2022:

Edition	AVMA key
Datacenter	W3GNR-8DDXR-2TFRP-H8P33-DV9BG
Standard	YDFWN-MJ9JR-3DYRK-FXXRW-78VHK

The following AVMA keys can be used for Windows Server 2019:

Edition	AVMA key
Datacenter	H3RNG-8C32Q-Q8FRX-6TDXV-WMBMW
Standard	TNK62-RXVTB-4P47B-2D623-4GF74
Essentials	2CTP7-NHT64-BP62M-FV6GG-HFV28

The following AVMA keys can be used for Windows Server, versions 1909, 1903, and 1809:

Edition	AVMA key
Datacenter	H3RNG-8C32Q-Q8FRX-6TDXV-WMBMW
Standard	TNK62-RXVTB-4P47B-2D623-4GF74

The following AVMA keys can be used for Windows Server, version 1803 and 1709:

Edition	AVMA key
Datacenter	TMJ3Y-NTRTM-FJYXT-T22BY-CWG3J
Standard	C3RCX-M6NRP-6CXC9-TW2F2-4RHYD

The following AVMA keys can be used for Windows Server 2016:

Edition	AVMA key
Datacenter	TMJ3Y-NTRTM-FJYXT-T22BY-CWG3J
Standard	C3RCX-M6NRP-6CXC9-TW2F2-4RHYD
Essentials	B4YNW-62DX9-W8V6M-82649-MHBKQ

The following AVMA keys can be used for Windows Server 2012 R2:

Edition	AVMA key
Datacenter	Y4TGP-NPTV9-HTC2H-7MGQ3-DV4TW
Standard	DBGBW-NPF86-BJVTX-K3WKJ-MTB6V
Essentials	K2XGM-NMBT3-2R6Q8-WF2FK-P36R2

Please check the official resources of Microsoft for documentation and more information about this topic and more:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/get-started/automatic-vm-activation