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    • thwrT
      thwr @JaredBusch
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      @JaredBusch said in Server 2012 R2 Standard Installation media:

      @thwr said in Server 2012 R2 Standard Installation media:

      @Dashrender said in Server 2012 R2 Standard Installation media:

      @thwr said in Server 2012 R2 Standard Installation media:

      @Dashrender said in Server 2012 R2 Standard Installation media:

      I didn't know this, does that make it obvious or not, who knows..... but again, I didn't know you could use DISM to change that.

      Although, if you have a legal MAK/KMS key, why are you using an eval? You should have access to VLSC and just download the ISO you need.

      Only a single guy in our campus datacenter is allowed to access MSVLSC and it's often way easier to use evals.

      seems crappy that that guy doesn't download the ISOs and put them somewhere everyone can use them.

      Don't get me wrong, he will download whatever I need - when there is some spare time. Using evals is just simpler in most cases, for both of us.

      Backwards.
      How long does it take every time a new software is purchased to click download while also going in to get the key?
      Once it is all downloaded and put on central storage, it is never accessed again.
      Opposed to you apparently downloading new eval copies all the time

      Well, totally agree. There are quite some processes which don't work very well IMHO. On the other hand, I'm more or less in a special position here. I'm the only one who is running things like SharePoint, MS System Center, Exchange and SQL Server.

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      • Tracy_BurtonT
        Tracy_Burton
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        If you haven't gotten a copy lined up yet, let me know. I have a copy that contains gui and command line, standard & datacenter. I can drop it on a USB drive and mail it to you.

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        • DustinB3403D
          DustinB3403 @Tracy_Burton
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          @Tracy_Burton Thank you for the offer at the moment Rojo is working on setting a file transfer for me as well.

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          • DustinB3403D
            DustinB3403
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            Eh... so the Server we're running is not R2 (that teaches me to listen to anyone when I can just look it up myself..) it's Server 2012 Standard.

            I got the eval from Microsoft's site, and there are instructions to activate it as a full license, but they don't seem to like the product key. That or I'm misunderstanding the instructions.

            Fun times.....

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            • thwrT
              thwr
              last edited by thwr

              @DustinB3403 said in Server 2012 R2 Standard Installation media:

              Eh... so the Server we're running is not R2 (that teaches me to listen to anyone when I can just look it up myself..) it's Server 2012 Standard.

              I got the eval from Microsoft's site, and there are instructions to activate it as a full license, but they don't seem to like the product key. That or I'm misunderstanding the instructions.

              Fun times.....

              dism /AcceptEula /Online /Set-Edition:ServerStandard /ProductKey:XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX

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              • DustinB3403D
                DustinB3403 @thwr
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                @thwr said in Server 2012 R2 Standard Installation media:

                @DustinB3403 said in Server 2012 R2 Standard Installation media:

                Eh... so the Server we're running is not R2 (that teaches me to listen to anyone when I can just look it up myself..) it's Server 2012 Standard.

                I got the eval from Microsoft's site, and there are instructions to activate it as a full license, but they don't seem to like the product key. That or I'm misunderstanding the instructions.

                Fun times.....

                DISM /AcceptEula /Online /Set-Edition:ServerStandard /ProductKey:XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX

                Oh I know, I've confirmed it ~10ish times.

                I'm digging through some more data to see what the issue might be.

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                • thwrT
                  thwr @DustinB3403
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                  @DustinB3403 said in Server 2012 R2 Standard Installation media:

                  @thwr said in Server 2012 R2 Standard Installation media:

                  @DustinB3403 said in Server 2012 R2 Standard Installation media:

                  Eh... so the Server we're running is not R2 (that teaches me to listen to anyone when I can just look it up myself..) it's Server 2012 Standard.

                  I got the eval from Microsoft's site, and there are instructions to activate it as a full license, but they don't seem to like the product key. That or I'm misunderstanding the instructions.

                  Fun times.....

                  DISM /AcceptEula /Online /Set-Edition:ServerStandard /ProductKey:XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX

                  Oh I know, I've confirmed it ~10ish times.

                  I'm digging through some more data to see what the issue might be.

                  Odd... it's set-edition 99% of the time. What is /get-edition telling you?

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                  • DustinB3403D
                    DustinB3403
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                    It's giving me the ServerStandardEvaluation and when I ask it to show me the upgrade options is says I can go to ServerStandard or Datacenter.

                    I might have just got it working though, going to confirm.

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                    • DashrenderD
                      Dashrender
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                      Do the convertion using /set-edition by itself then do the DISM command again with the /productkey

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                      • RojoLocoR
                        RojoLoco @Dashrender
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                        @Dashrender said in Server 2012 R2 Standard Installation media:

                        Do the convertion using /set-edition by itself then do the DISM command again with the /productkey

                        ^^^ This is how I've always had the best success with DISM. Set the edition, then add the product key.

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                        • DustinB3403D
                          DustinB3403 @Dashrender
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                          @Dashrender said in Server 2012 R2 Standard Installation media:

                          Do the convertion using /set-edition by itself then do the DISM command again with the /productkey

                          I'll give that a try in just a moment.

                          Thanks for the tip.

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