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KMS Host license key for Windows Server 2019 for test/non production environments

It seems impossible to get a KMS Host license key from MSDN portal for activating Windows Server 2019 servers for a test/non-production environment. I have a "Visual Studio Enterprise with GitHub Enterprise" subscription in MSDN.
The Volume Licensing portal seems to be used only for production environments. Can you please let us know what are the available options, please?

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Hi,
MSDN licenses are designed for per user use, not for use on servers, virtual or physical where more than one person connect.
Based on my research, production VMs need to be licensed separately, physical machines running those production VMs need to be licensed separately, but design/dev/test/demo only VMs running on those physical machines can be MSDN licensed.

Since this is a technical forum and not a licensing one, if you need a definite answer you'd better contact your reseller or a trained Microsoft licensing specialist regarding your licensing questions.

Please do contact the Visual Studio Subscription support.
https://www.visualstudio.com/subscriptions/support/

Hope above information can help you.

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