The command will be slmgr vbs rearm instead of slmgr vbs rearm.
Windows server 2016 standard evaluation windows license is expired.
For windows server 2016 standard this will be serverstandard.
If you have installed windows server 2019 windows server 2016 standardevaluation or datacenterevaluation edition to try the new features of the microsoft server platform you can download windows server 2019 free trial or windows server 2016 evaluation here after registering you have 180 days to test it.
For windows server 2008 follow the previous steps with the following changes.
You can rearm windows server 2016 evaluation up to 5 times.
Windows license is expired build 9600.
After that you should purchase a new key.
The evaluation version of windows server 2012 2016 is valid for 180 days and you can convert your trial version to retail.
During this period all features of windows server 2019 2016 are available to you.
After window server evaluation period has expired you will found out unexpected behavior for your machine like unexpected shutdown restart every one hour approximately.
Restart your server and you find the evaluation period expires in 180 days.
In this case you only have two options.
For windows server 2016 standard you can convert the system to windows server 2016 datacenter as follows.
Last updated on august 28th 2019.
This tutorial contains instructions to convert windows server 2016 evaluation version to licensed.
Run command prompt with administrator privileges and run following command.
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.
In this blog post i will show you how to extend your trial period to three years.
The microsoft evaluation center brings you full featured microsoft product evaluation software available for download or trial on microsoft azure.
Following command will rearm your trial windows server 2016.
This method will extend your windows only once for 180 days.
The microsoft evaluation center brings you full featured microsoft product evaluation software available for download or trial on microsoft azure.
From an elevated command prompt determine the current edition name with the command dism online get currentedition.