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Justine8
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Nov 29, 2018

Storage Migration Service doesn't appear

Hello, I am intern and I have a small internship project. I tried to install the Storage migration service. Everything seems to be well installed. But I do not see the service between storage and sto...
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stretchable
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Oct 22, 2019

Got a bit of a similar issue when trying to get the storage migration service setup. I've gone over most of the walkthroughs out there for it and have the latest version of the server 2019 eval along with windows admin center 1909 preview according to what it says in the download page however when I try to setup SMS or SMS proxy from roles and features it doesn't appear to exist. I've read that it was a known issue with previous eval versions of server 2019 but can't help thinking I've missed a step somewhere. My server version is on 1809 as well. wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction.

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    swansoer
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    Oct 22, 2019

    stretchable SMS is not supported on any 2019 eval and as far as I am aware there are no plans to ever support it even in future updates. To use SMS you need to use a full version of Server 2019.

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      Jeremy Dillingham
      Copper Contributor
      Apr 29, 2020

      swansoer Justine8 Good news!  Looks like there is a workaround and that Microsoft plans to fix this "soon" in future evaluation versions of Windows Server.  I wanted to share the current solution (and cause), as I ran into the same issue attempting to test Storage Migration Service with WAC on eval versions of Windows Server that come with the https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-lab-kit

       

      https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/storage-migration-service/known-issues or Windows Server 2019 Essentials edition

      When using Windows Admin Center to connect to a https://www.microsoft.com/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-server-2019 or Windows Server 2019 Essentials edition, there isn't an option to manage the Storage Migration Service. Storage Migration Service also isn't included in Roles and Features.

       

      This issue is caused by a servicing issue in the Evaluation media of Windows Server 2019 and Windows Server 2019 Essentials.

       

      To work around this issue for evaluation, install a retail, MSDN, OEM, or Volume License version of Windows Server 2019 and don't activate it. Without activation, all editions of Windows Server operate in evaluation mode for 180 days.

       

      We have fixed this issue in a later release of Windows Server.

      • pikman's avatar
        pikman
        Copper Contributor
        Sep 11, 2023
        if you getting same problem on windows server 2022 do this:
        Launch a PowerShell as an Administrator
        Type dism /online /get-currentedition and press ENTER
        Type dism /online /get-targeteditions and press ENTER
        Type dism /online /set-edition:serverstandard /productkey:<KEY-KEY-KEY-KEY-KEY> /accepteula and press ENTER

        dism /online /set-edition:serverstandard /productkey:VDYBN-27WPP-V4HQT-9VMD4-VMK7H /accepteula

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