Licensing on VLSC :)

[datar_]

Oooh the Licenses have appeared on VLSC.

 

I sound a little bit too excited

[FN-GM]

Just need the ISO now. Never been so desperate for a server OS!

[Jawloms]

I don't see them

[SHimmer45]

Just need the ISO now. Never been so desperate for a server OS!

 

cool things in 2016?

[FN-GM]

cool things in 2016?

 

I'm after for 2 things

 

1. New primary coming on board and don't want to build the servers using 2012 R2.

2. Want to rebuild the RDS farm so they have the Windows 10 interface to match to clients.

[Blue_Cookeh]

Jumping on this for some of those delicious new features around storage and Hyper-V!

[DrCheese]

Should be released this week Windows Server 2016 coming in September, with new servicing for Nano Server | Ars Technica UK

[Arthur]

Evaluation is now available.

 

http://care.dlservice.microsoft.com/dl/download/1/6/F/16FA20E6-4662-482A-920B-1A45CF5AAE3C/14393.0.160715-1616.RS1_RELEASE_SERVER_EVAL_X64FRE_EN-US.ISO

[free780]

I wouldn't use it in production yet. Though M$ have probably got azure using it.

[Arthur]

I wouldn't use it in production yet.

With Windows Server 2016 being released a year after Windows 10 won't most of the bugs have already been fixed thanks to the Windows 10 guinea pigs users?

 

It's essentially the same OS.

[FN-GM]

I wouldn't use it in production yet. Though M$ have probably got azure using it.

 

It will be going into production into ours fairly quickly.

[free780]

It will be going into production into ours fairly quickly.

New SCCM Server?

[FN-GM]

New SCCM Server?

 

Ha ha. The way things are going quite possibly!!

 

RDS will be the focus to get the Windows 10 interface.

[DrCheese]

Ha ha. The way things are going quite possibly!!

 

RDS will be the focus to get the Windows 10 interface.

 

Same, have made do with Windows 2012 R2 + Start8 for the past few years.

[FN-GM]

Should be released this week Windows Server 2016 coming in September, with new servicing for Nano Server | Ars Technica UK

 

No ISO until mid October apparently.

[Tefters]

Eval on DL right now for the same reason, RDS.

 

The Eval can just be converted to live through key in VLSC so don't quite understand why they want to wait before releasing the proper ISO.

[Blue_Cookeh]

Will be doing our Hyper-V hosts some time fairly soon, with a view to get DCs and others up in a month or so

[newpersn]

Brand new server sat waiting for this....

 

Do I install and play or wait for the release.

[Roberto]

Assuming you have W2016 keys available in the VLSC you can update the RTM Eval that's up for download here to a fully licensed install of Windows 2016 server as follows (tested here this morning):

 

1. Open an Admin command prompt.

 

2. Check what edition of Windows is installed with this command: DISM /online /Get-CurrentEdition (It might say something like "Current Edition : ServerDatacenterEval"

 

3. See what versions you can licence (assuming you have keys for them) with DISM /online /Get-TargetEditions.

 

4. Then run DISM /online /Set-Edition: /ProductKey:XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX /AcceptEula, where is the edition you want to convert to, and the value for ProductKey is your valid server key. For example: DISM /online /Set-Edition:ServerDataCenter /ProductKey:AAAAA-BBBBB-CCCCC-DDDDD-EEEEE /AcceptEula

 

5. Restart the server and check to see if its properly licensed (You can do this from the GUI: Settings, Update and Security, Activation)... Mine was not (It had changed the product key and failed to activate the first time, and I had to enter the product key again to activate successfully).

 

6. There are a few zero-day Windows Updates for W2016 server. Be sure to install them before using it in anger. No, seriously.

Edited September 27, 2016 by Roberto

[DrCheese]

Pretty sure you could modify the image with DISM as well to be the standard non eval version. I'm a bit lost as to why MS haven't just released this already

[DrCheese]

Yup, in fact you can

 

Dism /Mount-Image /ImageFile:c:\\sources\install.wim /Index:2 /MountDir:c:\offline2

 

Dism /Image:C:\offline2 /Set-Edition:ServerStandard

 

Dism /Unmount-Image /MountDir:C:\offline2 /Commit

 

 

Then you can install/upgrade to the full version & use your keys on VLSC.

 

:|

[Tefters]

Yup, in fact you can

 

Dism /Mount-Image /ImageFile:c:\\sources\install.wim /Index:2 /MountDir:c:\offline2

 

Dism /Image:C:\offline2 /Set-Edition:ServerStandard

 

Dism /Unmount-Image /MountDir:C:\offline2 /Commit

 

 

Then you can install/upgrade to the full version & use your keys on VLSC.

 

:|

 

That's what I've done for an upgrade image, will be trying it on a test DC tomorrow.

Already in the process of setting up a new RDS Host image for deployment next week, server farm to match Windows 10 ^_^

[CAWJames]

Why do some have the keys and some not in the VLSC? Me being a not

[CAWJames]

Aha panic over, found them hiding deep in the relationship summary now to play

[mitchell1981]

Yup, in fact you can

 

Dism /Mount-Image /ImageFile:c:\\sources\install.wim /Index:2 /MountDir:c:\offline2

 

Dism /Image:C:\offline2 /Set-Edition:ServerStandard

 

Dism /Unmount-Image /MountDir:C:\offline2 /Commit

 

 

Then you can install/upgrade to the full version & use your keys on VLSC.

 

:|

 

I wonder if they've done something to the evaluation ISO since you wrote this. I just get the following error.

 

The current edition cannot be upgraded to any target editions.