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Upgrade Fresh Factory Installed Windows Server 2016 to Windows Server 2019
Purchased a dell poweredge server last year but due to some reason beyond our control we could not set it up. We however unboxed it a few days ago and powered it up. The system came with factory inst...
First thing I'd check the dell site and or here to see that the hardware supports Server 2019.
https://www.windowsservercatalog.com/
Your Server 2016 product key can only be used to activate Windows Server 2016. There is no free upgrade process for windows server unless you happened to have purchased software assurance. What you'll need to do is purchase a new Windows Server 2019 license (plus core packs to cover cores), then install the OS and activate using the new product key.
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