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How to convert Windows 2016 Server Evaluation edition to Standard licensed
If you have a paid license of Windows Server 2016 Standard, you may have already tried to activate it using the product key unsuccessfully. This is because you need to convert the Evaluation license into Licensed, and then activate the Standard edition with your paid product key. In this tutorial we show you how to activate the Evaluation edition in 2 simple steps.