{"id":38593,"date":"2024-03-12T12:09:53","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T04:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/?post_type=kb&#038;p=38593"},"modified":"2024-03-12T12:44:44","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T04:44:44","slug":"windows-server-2016-2019-2022-evaluation-how-to-extend-the-trial-period","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/kb\/windows-server-2016-2019-2022-evaluation-how-to-extend-the-trial-period","title":{"rendered":"Windows Server 2016\/2019\/2022 Evaluation: How to extend the Trial Period"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"38593\" class=\"elementor elementor-38593\" data-elementor-post-type=\"kb\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-993dcd2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"993dcd2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-19ed1ea\" data-id=\"19ed1ea\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc49dd3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fc49dd3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In this blog post, I&#8217;ll guide you through extending your trial period to three years. The Windows Server 2016\/2022 evaluation version, initially valid for 180 days, can be converted to a retail version.<\/p><p>Upon installation, you have the opportunity to trial the system for 180 days. However, beyond this period, issues may arise. The positive news is that you can extend this trial period for an additional 180 days, up to a total of 3 years.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abee9c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"abee9c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Extending the Trial Duration\u200b<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c338929 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c338929\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>First, take a look at your desktop. You should see the countdown in the corner down right.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d7f66c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1d7f66c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"654\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/powershell-slmgr.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-38610\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/powershell-slmgr.png 654w, https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/powershell-slmgr-300x207.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 654px) 100vw, 654px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe4f84c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fe4f84c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Or start PowerShell and run slmgr.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-601d023 elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"601d023\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-default copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-javascript line-numbers\">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-javascript\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>slmgr -dlv<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6de5327 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6de5327\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"653\" height=\"448\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/powershell-slmgr-dlv.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-38608\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/powershell-slmgr-dlv.png 653w, https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/powershell-slmgr-dlv-300x206.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 653px) 100vw, 653px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38aedc0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"38aedc0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-default copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-javascript line-numbers\">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-javascript\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>slmgr -rearm<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9599e1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9599e1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"954\" height=\"239\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/powershell-slmgr-rearm.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-38609\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/powershell-slmgr-rearm.png 954w, https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/powershell-slmgr-rearm-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/powershell-slmgr-rearm-768x192.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 954px) 100vw, 954px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74a8e6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"74a8e6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-default copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-javascript line-numbers\">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-javascript\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>Restrart Computer<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-219ecb0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"219ecb0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-default copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-javascript line-numbers\">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-javascript\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>slmgr -dli<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2905f4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2905f4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"852\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/powershell-slmgr-dli.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-38607\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/powershell-slmgr-dli.png 852w, https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/powershell-slmgr-dli-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/powershell-slmgr-dli-768x473.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 852px) 100vw, 852px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b97efcd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b97efcd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Important Note<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a98142 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8a98142\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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Have fun playing with the Windows Server 2016 Evaluation Version!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this blog post, I&#8217;ll guide you through extending your trial period to three years. The Windows Server 2016\/2022 evaluation version, initially valid for 180 days, can be converted to a retail version. Upon installation, you have the opportunity to trial the system for 180 days. However, beyond this period, issues may arise. 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