{"id":21990,"date":"2024-03-12T12:04:55","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T04:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/?post_type=kb&#038;p=21990"},"modified":"2024-03-12T12:41:01","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T04:41:01","slug":"windows-server-2016-2019-2022-evaluation-how-to-extend-the-trial-period","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.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=\"21990\" class=\"elementor elementor-21990\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c4b5e14 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c4b5e14\" 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\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bfb2d57\" data-id=\"bfb2d57\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f3d339 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f3d339\" 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\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>In this blog post I will show you how to extend your trial period to three years. The evaluation version of Windows Server 2016 \/ 2022 is valid for 180 days and you can convert your trial version to retail.<\/p><p>After installing, you can try it out for 180 days. After 180 days you and your system will run into troubles for sure. But the good news is: You can extend the period to another 180 days up to 3 years.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-baba8fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"baba8fa\" 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 Period<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f40a7ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f40a7ed\" 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\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\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<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2222be elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d2222be\" 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<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"654\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/powershell-slmgr.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/powershell-slmgr.png 654w, https:\/\/www.mondoze.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<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1db847b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1db847b\" 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\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Or start PowerShell and run slmgr.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5506ecc elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"5506ecc\" 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-dd26af3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dd26af3\" 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<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"653\" height=\"448\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/powershell-slmgr-dlv.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/powershell-slmgr-dlv.png 653w, https:\/\/www.mondoze.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<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b7d434 elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"0b7d434\" 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-23358a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"23358a4\" 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<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"954\" height=\"239\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/powershell-slmgr-rearm.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/powershell-slmgr-rearm.png 954w, https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/powershell-slmgr-rearm-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mondoze.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<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30afa0e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"30afa0e\" 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\">Restart computer <\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d7d0ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"0d7d0ab\" 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-c6c6fa0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c6c6fa0\" 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<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"852\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/powershell-slmgr-dli.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/powershell-slmgr-dli.png 852w, https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/powershell-slmgr-dli-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mondoze.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<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0d80ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b0d80ae\" 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\">Important Note<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-befab13 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"befab13\" 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\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>The evaluation version may not be used for commercial purposes. Have fun playing with the Windows Server 2016 Evaluation Version!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this blog post I will show you how to extend your trial period to three years. The evaluation version of Windows Server 2016 \/ 2022 is valid for 180 days and you can convert your trial version to retail. After installing, you can try it out for 180 days. After 180 days you and &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/kb\/windows-server-2016-2019-2022-evaluation-how-to-extend-the-trial-period\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Windows Server 2016\/2019\/2022 Evaluation: How to extend the Trial Period<\/span> Read More \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"kbtopic":[],"kbtag":[],"mkb_version":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/21990"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21990"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/21990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22014,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/21990\/revisions\/22014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kbtopic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtopic?post=21990"},{"taxonomy":"kbtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtag?post=21990"},{"taxonomy":"mkb_version","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mkb_version?post=21990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}