Hello all, I downloaded the 2008 r2 evaulation version thinking that I would be saving myself a bit of time and ordered the license from a reseller. I have now discovered that the 2008 r2 standard license that I bought doesn't work with this and from what I have read I am going to have to get a full version. Can anyone advise me on the easiest way to do this? Am I best to wipe the server and start again with a full version? And is it possible to download the full version that will accept my key? I can only find this link: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/try-it.aspx which is not going to work. Thanks in advance.

Hello all, I downloaded the 2008 r2 evaulation version thinking that I would be saving myself a bit of time and ordered the license from a reseller. I have now discovered that the 2008 r2 standard license that I bought doesn't work with this and from what I have read I am going to have to get a full version. Can anyone advise me on the easiest way to do this? Am I best to wipe the server and start again with a full version? And is it possible to download the full version that will accept my key? I can only find this link: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/try-it.aspx which is not going to work. Thanks in advance. The Try-It version is a "Trial" edition. So all of the contents of that ISO are trial edition licensed. You will need to use the media purchased from the vendor or find a retail copy of the DVD to perform the installation. FYI, it might not be a bad idea to keep a copy of that if you run into additional clients in the future whom do this. If they purchased Volume License, you would just go to https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/servicecenter/Home.aspx to download it. This however, is not the case. The Media Kit should not cost very much... Call back the reseller and ask for a media kit for Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Retail/Reseller copy. Best Regards, Steve Kline Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Server Administrator Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Active Directory, Network Infrastructure, Application Platform, Windows 7 Microsoft Certified Product Specialist & Network Product Specialist Red Hat Certified System Administrator This posting is "as is" without warranties and confers no rights.

Hi, You will be able to find the following description in the following link. “After this time, you will need to uninstall the evaluation software and reinstall a fully-licensed version of Windows Server 2008 R2.” http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=BA571339-5436-4CF5-9C37-6ED7DAB6F781&displaylang=en Best Regards, Vincent Hu