After the 180 day evaluation period elapses the server warns you in various ways depending on the edition.
Windows server 2012 r2 standard evaluation to full version key.
Login to the server console you want to convert to the full retail 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.
If you are converting a computer from a kms host mak or retail edition of windows to a kms client install the applicable setup key gvlk from the following tables.
The microsoft evaluation center brings you full featured microsoft product evaluation software available for download or trial on microsoft azure.
Extend windows server 2012 r2 evaluation.
In this post i will show steps to activate windows server 2012 evaluation to full version.
Run command prompt with administrator privileges and run following command.
The upgrade steps are the following.
Windows server 2012 standard.
Windows server 2012 r2 evaluation is valid for 180 days.
If you haven t already configured a kms host see deploy kms activation for steps to set one up.
The windows server 2012 standard and windows server 2012 datacenter editions come with the activation key pre installed.
Windows server 2012 datacenter.
You can rearm windows server 2012 r2 evaluation up to 5 times.
Valid and legal windows server key.
To do this do either of the following.
Following command will rearm your trial windows server 2012 r2.
Activate windows server 2012 evaluation to full version.
To use the keys listed here which are gvlks you must first have a kms host running in your deployment.
Verify that this server is running an evaluation version.