Activate windows server 2012 evaluation to full version.
Windows server 2012 r2 standard evaluation activator.
Then reboot your server.
Windows server 2012 r2 evaluation is valid for 180 days.
Extend windows server 2012 r2 evaluation.
Kms keys for windows 8 1 and windows server 2012 r2.
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.
Windows will reconfigure itself.
Following command will rearm your trial windows server 2012 r2.
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After the update and the new key installation your kms server will support client kms activation for all windows versions from vista up to win 8 1 2012 r2.
Run command prompt with administrator privileges and run following command.
You can rearm windows server 2012 r2 evaluation up to 5 times.
The edition will change from windows server 2012 r2 standard evaluation to windows server 2012 r2 standard.
The list of kms keys which should be used for window server 2012 r2 and windows 8 on kms server.
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.
The very first step is to view the current edition.