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maxmind22
Jul 06, 2021Copper Contributor
Activating windows server 2016 preview
Hi, how are you doing folks? Hope you are doing fine
By mistake we installed a preview version of windows server 2016 standard. We would like to know if its possible to activate that version without reinstalling and switching to the final version.
On the datacenter they tried their licenses and they didnt work on this preview version.. Any idea how to avoid the entire server reinstall?
Thanks
- DeletedMoving from any pre-release version (such as Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview) to the released version (Windows Server 2016) always requires a clean installation.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/get-started/installation-and-upgrade- maxmind22Copper Contributor