If you have Server 2016 Data Center your server likely came with a single COA (Certificate of Authenticity) sticker containing a single DataCenter CD Key. If you then try to use that Key to activate new Server 2016 or Server 2012 Standard VM’s it will fail. This is because Server 2012 R2 and Server 2016 VM’s use a different activate process than previous versions of Windows Server.

Windows Server 2012 R2 – Data center Edition 50 RDS User/Device Cal This list is for Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter Edition license with an option to include 50 User/Device RDS cals which would allow more users to connect your server without any limit.

Server 2012 R2 and Server 2016 now use “Automatic Virtual Machine Activation” or AVMA which means that the VM’s have a special driver loaded that lets them confirm the host version is licensed and activated properly. If it is, the VM’s will use the following “free” Product Keys:

Windows Server 2012 Country Specific. Windows Server 2012 Server Standard. Windows Server 2012 MultiPoint Standard. Windows Server 2012 MultiPoint Premium. Windows Server 2012 Datacenter. Find the right keys when leveraging AVMA with Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V. Running on is Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter and is itself activated. Apr 4, 2019 - If you installed windows with a MAK key and need to change it to KMS or just installed windows. Windows server 2012 r2 kms activator.

To get this function to work, your VM needs to have the DATA EXCHANGE, Integration Service enabled, which most do by default.

If you want to enter a Product Key using PowerShell use the following command:

slmgr –ipk <productkey>

for example:

Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter Evaluation Product Key Crack

slmgr –ipk TMJ3Y-NTRTM-FJYXT-T22BY-CWG3J

After installing and configuring Server 2012 as evaluation mode, it is often a requirement to upgrade it to full retail version. In this post, I will show steps to activate Windows Server 2012 Evaluation to full version. DISM (Deployment Image Servicing and Management Tool) command line tool will be used to perform the upgrade of server from evaluation to full version.

Windows Server Datacenter

Activate Windows Server 2012 Evaluation to Full Version

Step 1. The very first step is to view the current edition. So open Command Prompt or Windows PowerShell in elevated mode (Run as Administrator) and type, DISM /online /Get-CurrentEditon as shown below. As you can see the current edition is Datacenter Evaluation.

Step 2. You can also view to which target edition you can upgrade. To view the possible upgrade path, type DISM /online /Get-TargetEditions on elevated command prompt as shown below. As you can see the possible upgrade option is, Datacenter edition.

Step 3. To upgrade type DISM /online /Set-Edition:ServerDatacenter /productkey:XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX /AcceptEula. X is your product key. As you can see below, it this command will upgrade the edition of Server to full version. Press Y to reboot.

You can now view the new Server edition by going into Server Manager.

In this way you can activate Windows Server Evaluation edition to full retail edition.

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