Purchased 48 Core Datacenter License but only can activate 9 servers. What am I doing wrong?

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Dear MS Community,&nbsp;I have purchased Windows Server 2022 Datacenter Licenses on 48 cores.&nbsp;I could activate 9 VMs of Windows 2019 Datacenter. After 9 VMs I have got the error message 0xC004C020. I have checke my Activation center and O365 admin portal and I cannot get a new MAK key. My microsoft VAR which i purchased the license from cannot answer the question.&nbsp;&nbsp;Microsoft support sent me the picture above:&nbsp;&nbsp;Dou you have anything in mind how to solve this one?&nbsp;Thanks in advance,&nbsp;Best regards,&nbsp;Marcell Fazekas&nbsp;

dave patrick · Answer

How are you activating? Since the host is DataCenter the simplest solution is to use AVMA keys.
Automatic Virtual Machine Activation in Windows Server | Microsoft Docs
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marcell1991 · Answer

Dave Patrick&nbsp;&nbsp;As far as I am concerned I cannot use AVMA on a proxmox virtualised VM.&nbsp;I convert from Eval to Datacenter then activating with MAK.&nbsp;Is it possible to make it with AVMA as well?&nbsp;Or is it possible to extend my MAK?&nbsp;&nbsp;

dave patrick · Answer

&nbsp;cannot use AVMA on a proxmox virtualised VM.

May need to ask the vendor about this
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I convert from Eval to Datacenter then activating with MAK.&nbsp;Is it possible to make it with AVMA as well?

&nbsp;Simpler solution is to use licensed media to install the operating system, but yes once it is converted then you can switch over to AVMA
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dave patrick · Answer

Just checking if there's any progress or updates?
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Purchased 48 Core Datacenter License but only can activate 9 servers. What am I doing wrong?

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