Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Evaluation Product Key Activation

Extend windows server 2012 r2 evaluation.

Windows server 2012 r2 standard evaluation product key activation.

If you license is genuine and your server is connected to the internet you should be able to validate your license. Windows server 2012 r2 evaluation is valid for 180 days. First you must convert to a full retail version. You can rearm windows server 2012 r2 evaluation up to 5 times.

Just as cguan said it is free for us to download and install it and it don t need any product key to make it functional. Windows server products resources. Change set edition serverstandardeval to set. In this way you can activate windows server evaluation edition to full retail edition.

I have an oem license key for a 2012 r2 standard but when trying to change product key via system i receive the error. It s a little more work than simply typing in a new product key. During the installation no process asked us to enter the product key and we installed it successfully. As you can see below it this command will upgrade the edition of server to full version.

I m trying to activate a customers 2012 r2 standard server to a full copy. Skip to main content. You can now view the new server edition by going into server manager. X is your product key.

Following command will rearm your trial windows server 2012 r2. Press y to reboot. If you install windows server 2012 evaluation edition and later purchase a license the activation process is a little more confusing than you would immediately think. We installed the windows server 2012 r2 from the link you provided in a hyper v computer.

Windows will reconfigure itself. The microsoft evaluation center brings you full featured microsoft product evaluation software available for download or trial on microsoft azure. Then reboot your server. This key can t be used to activate this copy of windows please use another key running slmgr.

I have windows server 2012 r2 standard evaluation installed. Run command prompt with administrator privileges and run following command.