If you have installed windows server 2019 standardevaluation or datacenterevaluation you have essentially only 180 days to test any features of the new server platform version.
Windows server 2016 upgrade from evaluation to full.
This might be enough for some but not for others.
For example to upgrade your eval edition to the retail version of windows server 2016 standard use the command.
The microsoft evaluation center brings you full featured microsoft product evaluation software available for download or trial on microsoft azure.
The conversion is performed via the command prompt using dism.
For example to upgrade your eval edition to the retail version of windows server 2016 standard use the command.
Last updated on august 28th 2019.
As you know all evaluations versions is available for testing for 180 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 2016 or server 2019 and use all its.
Converting evaluation to licensed version to improve windows server evaluation to a full model you want to use a.
The conversion is performed via the command prompt using dism.
This tutorial contains instructions to convert windows server 2016 evaluation version to licensed.
The conversion is carried out by way of the command immediate utilizing dism.
Upgrade windows server 2019 evaluation to full.
You can upgrade from an evaluation version of the operating system to a retail version from an older retail version to a newer version or in some cases from a volume licensed edition of the operating system to an ordinary retail edition.
To upgrade windows server evaluation to a full version you need to use a public kms gvlk key for windows server 2016.