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How to change Windows Server 2022 DataCenter Evaluation to DataCenter Retail edition

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Kathari Hecon
How to change Windows Server 2022 DataCenter Evaluation to DataCenter Retail edition

How to change Windows Server 2022 DataCenter Evaluation to DataCenter Retail edition 


Microsoft Provides only Evaluation version for Windows Server 2022 on

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/download-windows-server-2022

However the evaluation version is only 180-day free trial :

If you want to use it for lifetime , you need to convert the Evaluation Edition to Retail Edition !



How to Convert Windows Server 2022 DataCenter Evaluation to Retail Edition ?


1. Open Command Prompt as administrator: (type "CMD" in the search bar, then right click it , and select "Run as administrator")



2. First please check your current server edition with this CMD

dism /online /get-currentedition


3. If you have the Eva (short for Evaluation) Edition, you need run this command to check which edition you can upgrade to 

dism /online /get-targeteditions

As we can see our current version is Windows Server 2022 DataCenter Evaluation Edition, We can upgrade it to Datacenter Edition only.



4. Change the Windows Server 2022 DataCenter Evaluation Edition to Windows Server 2022 DataCenter Retail Edition:

dism /online /set-edition:serverdatacenter /productkey:xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx /accepteula



You need the Windows Server 2022 DataCenter Product Key to replace the xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx , you can get the retail Windows Server 2022 DataCenter Product Key from the reseller keyingo.com


5, Then type "Y" in the command, the PC will restart , and upgrade to Windows Server 2022 DataCenter Edition 

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