If you try to specify the kms or the retail mak product key for the windows server evaluation edition the following warning appears.
Windows server 2016 standard evaluation product key this edition cannot be upgraded.
1 thought on convert server 2016 evaluation to licensed this edition cannot be upgraded helenhh april 10 2018 at 04 16.
Edition windows server 2016 standard.
This tutorial contains instructions to convert windows server 2016 evaluation version to licensed.
It s been reported countless times.
That annoying bug has been in windows server for years.
Starting with version 14393 0 161119 1705 rs1 refresh and later releases you can convert evaluation editions to retail regardless.
Activation windows is not activated product id 00377 70126 37251 aa898.
However i was able to run the following command via command prompt to activate my product key.
Your windows server 2016 evaluation should be activated as soon as you connect to the internet.
Last updated on august 28th 2019.
When installing windows server evaluation edition 2012 2016 you cannot activate it using the normal process of clicking on change product key in the system properties window.
This edition cannot be upgraded.
I doubt microsoft will ever fix it.
Before we activate the windows server with the key we have we need to ensure that we are eligible for upgrading to full version.
It does take about 5 minutes to complete the process then your asked to reboot.
To activate this installation to windows server standard edition you would need to run the below command.
Retail key this edition cannot be upgraded.
For releases of windows server 2016 prior to 14393 0 161119 1705 rs1 refresh you can only perform conversion from evaluation to retail with windows server 2016 that has been installed by using the desktop experience option not the server core option.
Windows activation is now reporting the following.
I executed command slmgr ipk our spla product key which completed successfully.
In case you need product key for your windows server 2016 evaluation install here is one.
Windows server 2016 standard evaluation this edition cannot be upgraded skip to content.
This edition cannot be upgraded windows server 2016 datacenter.
So we will know the current and eligible versions of windows server with the below powershell commands.
This edition cannot be upgraded.
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When you try to install the retail key using the slmgr tool slmgr ipk xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx you will receive the error.
