Deploying a new VM from template in VMM requires a PID for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008... but your environment uses KMS for activationhttp://blogs.technet.com/hectorl/archive/2008/10/21/deploying-a-new-vm-from-template-in-vmm-requires-a-pid-for-windows-vista-and-windows-server-2008-but-your-environment-uses-kms-for-activation.aspxCheck out the following document for a set of public PIDs that you can use in the OS profile: http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/5/f/45fb677a-c215-442e-afd0-419e08b6c5d1/Volume%20Activation%202.0%20Deployment%20Guide.doc KMS Client Setup Keys Byen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)Deploying a new VM from template in VMM requires a PID for Windows &#8230; | Windows 2008 Securityhttp://blogs.technet.com/hectorl/archive/2008/10/21/deploying-a-new-vm-from-template-in-vmm-requires-a-pid-for-windows-vista-and-windows-server-2008-but-your-environment-uses-kms-for-activation.aspx#3140158Wed, 22 Oct 2008 06:02:09 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3140158Deploying a new VM from template in VMM requires a PID for Windows &#8230; | Windows 2008 Security<p>PingBack from <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://windows2008security.com/windows-security/deploying-a-new-vm-from-template-in-vmm-requires-a-pid-for-windows/">http://windows2008security.com/windows-security/deploying-a-new-vm-from-template-in-vmm-requires-a-pid-for-windows/</a></p>