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Upgrade to Microsoft Edge to take advantage of the latest features, security updates, and technical support. Computers that activate with a KMS host need to have a specific product key. Computers that are running volume licensing editions of Windows Server and Windows client are, by default, KMS clients with no extra configuration needed as the relevant GVLK is already there. There are some scenarios, however, where you will need to add the GVLK to the computer you wish to activate against a KMS host, such as:.

If you want to activate Windows without a KMS host available and outside of a volume-activation scenario for example, you're trying to activate a retail version of Windows client , these keys will not work. This tutorial contains instructions to convert Windows Server Evaluation version to Licensed. As you know all Evaluations versions is available for testing for days and after that period you must convert the Evaluation version to Licensed first and to use a valid product key in order to activate Windows Server or Server and use all its features without problems.

Open PowerShell as Administrator and give the following command to find the installed version of Server Then give the following command to convert the Server Evaluation version to Full Retail Licensed :. In the above command, change the ServerEdition according to the installed version. For example… 1. If the installed edition is the "ServerStandarEval" then the command is:. If the installed edition is the " ServerDatacenter Eval" then the command is:. If you have a KMS host running in your deployment, then you can use a KMS Product key for activation or you can use the KMS key to convert the Evaluation version to licensed and then after the conversion , to change the product key and activate Windows by using the slmgr.

When the operation is completed, press the "Y" key to reboot the Server and apply changes. Did it work for you? Please leave a comment in the comment section below or even better: like and share this blog post in the social networks to help spread the word about this solution.

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Thank you! Yes, it worked for me. The Server edition is now a licensed version. Also using the winver command, the window displays the correct licensed version. This worked great for a Windows machine, I didn't realized that all the instructions need to be executed even if you knew the edition. Thank you! Windows has been activated successfully. Related Posts.