Please advice on how can both the above situations be sorted out and activations be done without doing a re-installation of the OSs. Note that this is the HOST OS itself with no VMs. Period has expired and I have to activate the OS. Since I wanted to run 32 bit OS (due to application limitation), I downloaded ISO from MS website and installed it. I understand that Windows Server 2008 Ent Ed R2 license allows me to have 4 VMs without any additional licenses.Ĭase 2: Again have couple of servers which were pre-activated with Windows Server 2008 Ent Ed R2 OEM licenses. This license is assigned to those people with an active affiliation at Caltech. The trail period has expired and I want activate these VMs. M365 is Microsofts subscription-based license model for Office and Windows. Installed 4 virtual machines of Windows Servers 2008 Enterprise edition 32 bit from ISO downloadedįrom Microsoft website but was unable to activate it. Find your Windows Product Key Find your downloads and Microsoft Product Keys If you still have any questions when viewing your Windows license, you can also contact the Microsoft support team directly.

It requires a minimum initial purchase of five software licenses, with the option of adding. Case 1: I have couple of servers that are installed with Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Ed R2 (64bit offcourse) which are pre-activated with R2 OEM licenses. A Microsoft Open License agreement is valid for a period of 2 years.

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