Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Evaluation Product Key Activation

This key can t be used to activate this copy of windows please use another key running slmgr.

Windows server 2012 r2 standard evaluation product key activation.

Press y to reboot. Following command will rearm your trial windows server 2012 r2. Windows server 2012 r2 evaluation is valid for 180 days. 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.

Skip to main content. We installed the windows server 2012 r2 from the link you provided in a hyper v computer. I am using a windows server 2012 r2 standard key into the evaluation but it says the key is not suited for that copy of windows. The microsoft evaluation center brings you full featured microsoft product evaluation software available for download or trial on microsoft azure.

The edition will change from windows server 2012 r2 standard evaluation to windows server 2012 r2 standard. Windows will reconfigure itself. I m trying to activate a customers 2012 r2 standard server to a full copy. I have windows server 2012 r2 standard evaluation installed.

As you can see below it this command will upgrade the edition of server to full version. X is your product key. First you must convert to a full retail version. You can now view the new server edition by going into server manager.

Extend windows server 2012 r2 evaluation. If you license is genuine and your server is connected to the internet you should be able to validate your license. During the installation no process asked us to enter the product key and we installed it successfully. Change set edition serverstandardeval to set.

Windows server products resources. 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. It s a little more work than simply typing in a new product key.

In this way you can activate windows server evaluation edition to full retail edition. Then reboot your server.