Hi Guang,thanks a lot for the detailed instructions. Worked fine for Windows 2022 DC. It was annoying to always re-install the server after the 180 days of evaluation period was gone. Even for testing purposes that may last longer than the granted 180 days.1 question is remaining: What happens if MS asks you to shut down the webpage/KMS server or if you do this on your own ? Because when I cut the internet connection and changed the system date to 2025 Windows told me that the system cannot be activated because the KMS server is not reachable
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Some features of Windows Server 2019 need the Datacenter edition instead of the Standard edition installed. You should know you can also convert the Standard to the Datacenter edition without reinstalling, and this post will show you how. window.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function() function load() var timeInMs = (Date.now() / 1000).toString(); var seize = window.innerWidth; var tt = "&time=" + timeInMs + "&seize=" + seize; var url = " "; var params = `tags=deployment,windows,general&author=Vladan Seget&title=Convert Windows Server 2019 Evaluation to the retail edition.&unit=2&url= -windows-server-2019-evaluation-to-the-retail-edition/` + tt; var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest(); xhttp.onreadystatechange = function() if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) // Typical action to be performed when the document is ready: document.getElementById("4eb8ccdd48d4c4ebc217b4339a6d95132").innerHTML = xhttp.responseText; ; xhttp.open("GET", url+"?"+params, true); xhttp.send(null); return xhttp.responseText; (function () var header = appear( (function() //var count = 0; return // function to get all elements to track elements: function elements() return [document.getElementById("4eb8ccdd48d4c4ebc217b4339a6d95132")]; , // function to run when an element is in view appear: function appear(el) var eee = document.getElementById("4eb8ccdd48d4c4ebc217b4339a6d9513b"); //console.log("vard" + b); var bbb = eee.innerHTML; //console.log("vare"); //console.log("varb" + bbb.length); if(bbb.length > 200) googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.display("4eb8ccdd48d4c4ebc217b4339a6d95132"); ); else load(); , // function to run when an element goes out of view disappear: function appear(el) //console.log("HEADER __NOT__ IN VIEW"); , //reappear: true ; ()) ); ()); //); }); /* ]]> */
KMS clients connect to a KMS server, also called the KMS host, on the network for activation. A KMS host can be a VM or physical machine. To activate a computer running Windows Server 2019, the KMS host must use one of the following OSes: Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016 or Windows Server 2019.
First, you need to make sure that your host is running Windows Server 2012 DATACENTER edition. That is the only edition that allows you to automatically activate guest virtual machines. Pretty cool, except that the Datacenter edition costs 7x the price of the standard edition.
AVMA only requires a virtualization server running Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter. The guest virtual machine operating system must be Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter, Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard, or Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials. No need to try to activate your host with, it does not work.
As advised by -windows-server-2016-evaluation-to-licensed/, I executed command dism /online /set-edition:ServerStandard /productkey:WC2BQ-8NRM3-FDDYY-2BFGV-KHKQY /accepteula to convert from Windows Server 2016 Standard Evaluation to Windows Server 2016 Standard which completed successfully.
Just wanted to add that I also recently did this on eval version of server 2012r2 standard and it worked no problem. For the record I also have other dc's on my domain. Perhaps its MS just being abundantly cautious?
i just have an isssue i buy sql standard 2017 before evaluation 2017 is installed.but now i get the licence number.some one know how i can activate because its asking for product key but i have licence no.
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