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Nov 20, 2025

Exchange SE product key Clarity

Hi All,

After installing the Exchange SE server, the following parameters appeared when I ran the command. Can we leave these statuses as they are until Microsoft provides the new CU and product key ? Please confirm

Get-ExchangeServer -Identity newse | fl fqdn,product*,*edition*

 

Fqdn                          : NewSE.test.local
ProductID                     :
Edition                       : StandardEvaluation
IsExchangeTrialEdition        : True
IsExpiredExchangeTrialEdition : False

 

 

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  • Hi,

    Yes, you can safely leave the server in this state until Microsoft releases the new CU and provides the Exchange SE product key. The evaluation period has not expired.

    A product key has not been entered (ProductID is blank).
    Trial period = 180 days

    Renewable only with entering a valid product key later

    Set-ExchangeServer -Identity "ServerName" -ProductKey XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX


    After that, the server will show:
    StandardEdition or EnterpriseEdition
    IsExchangeTrialEdition = False
    ProductID populated

    restart Exchange Information Store service.

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