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Do I need to use a different Product Key from the sticker since this one does not work? You can’t use a key for You need to use a key. Did you purchase this with downgrade rights? If so, you are entitled to install , but it’s up to you to get a valid key. You do have downgrade rights but you’re on your own to come up with the media and keys – Microsoft won’t help you.

That said, I do know Dell sells downgrade media kits but I don’t know what the rules are – if it has to be with the initial purchase, etc.

You cannot use the code to activate Full stop. It doesn’t matter what method you use. To activate you need a code. Are you trying to use AVMA? You didn’t mention that. I understand that I cannot use the code to activate I am not trying to do that now.

It is inside this virtual machine where I am trying to activate the license offline and where I am getting the Installation ID not from the We are not using Hyper-V. Does that mean that it will not work on VMware? That is what I did, I tried the phone and also the internet to activate Datacenter installed on the Virtual Machine. I entered all the 9 series with the 7 digits, but I get the message “our records do not recognize this as a valid product”.

And where did you get the activation key that you are using? I got the Windows Server Datacenter iso image from Dell. I have the rights to downgrade from to Unless something recently changed, that’s not correct.

Also not correct. The DC license allows for downgrading. You do not need any kind of kit from anyone to use your license. The kit can certainly be used for this and many may want to use it as a way to get their media and activation keys, but it is not a licensing requirement. The hypervisor has nothing to do with your licensing.

It can affect your ability to activate, though. But you can activate without AVMA, it just takes a bit more work. And yes, you must purchase something in order to get the free licenses. Even if you never renew the SA, you can keep using those licenses forever. But just giving you free licensing only overcomes some of the challenges of pulling this off. You may have internal employees that can do it, but you might also need assistance from an IT consulting firm, such as Mirazon.

All of those man-hours add to the bottom line of this migration project. And overall, I like this trend. First, free upgrade licenses for Windows Now kind of free licenses for Windows Server. Things are moving the right direction. Yes, Microsoft can be a pain sometimes. For more information on the promotion, you can go to this Windows Server blog.

Microsoft also makes their case for switching from VMware to Hyper-V. Mirazon is a company of trusted IT advisors for organizations large and small. Founded in in Louisville, Kentucky, Mirazon focused on providing world-class technology consulting to local businesses. Basically, the systems with more than 8 cores per physical CPU will require an additional licensing … Core licenses will be sold in packs of 2 for incremental licenses. So while Microsoft was always saying that VMware has higher licensing costs this might actually no longer be the case when Windows Server will hit the market second half of The coverage so far, stay tuned for more.

This is just a guess calculation based on the information we have — change on the core where when you have over 8 cores per CPU… read the details in the post. New VM configuration file format for Hyper-V — VMCX Virtual machines now have a new configuration file format which is designed to increase the efficiency of reading and writing virtual machine configuration data. The new configuration files use the. VMCX file extension for virtual machine configuration data and the.

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