# Preface

I am learning virtualization recently, and tried various virtual machine platforms. Windows Server 2019 is relatively easy to get started, but it is not good at all. A countdown will always be displayed in the lower right corner, telling you that this is only an evaluation version. You need Pay to buy the activation key to use the official version!

But I can't afford thousands of server keys, so this article tests the activation of kms, and the conversion of the evaluation version system to batch activation requires more complicated steps. Record it here, in case you need to activate it again after the car rolls over.

Expiry date notification in the lower right corner:

*All commands in this article must be entered in powershell with administrator privileges. *

# Get Edition ID

Enter the following code to get your Edition ID:

DISM /online /Get-CurrentEdition

The output should be:

Deployment Image Servicing and Management Tools

Version: 10.0.14393.0

Image version: 10.0.14393.0

The current version is:

Current version: ServerDatacenterEval

The operation completed successfully.

The string after the current version minus Eval is your Edition ID.

# get key

You need to go here: Appendix A: KMS client installation key, find the version ID that matches your system version the key.

# convert

The following command needs to be replaced with the two values ​​obtained above, *Note that the bold brackets should also be deleted. *

DISM /online /Set-Edition:【Edition ID】 /ProductKey:【KMS key】 /AcceptEula

Then paste the above command into powershell and run it, the system will output the following code at the end, and the version conversion is complete.

Deployment Image Servicing and Management Tools
Version: 10.0.17763.1518

Image version: 10.0.17763.1613

Starting to upgrade components...
Starting to install product key...
Product key installation is complete.

Removing package Microsoft-Windows-ServerStandardEvalEdition~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.17763.1
[=============================100.0%======================= =====]
Component upgrade is complete.

Starting to apply version-specific settings...
Application of version-specific settings is complete.

The operation completed successfully.
Restart Windows to complete the operation.
Do you want to restart the computer now? (Y/N)

If you are stuck at 10% at this step, you must first close the current powershell, go to Management>Services to enable Software Protection Service, and then try this step again.

Finally restart the server as instructed.

# activate

After restarting, you can see the familiar [Windows is not activated] in the settings.

The activation part can be operated by referring to this article, and I will not talk about it. Activate Windows using KMS

# Postscript

If you have the ability, please purchase the genuine key yourself. This article is only for testing and recording purposes. This site does not advocate or support piracy.