Activate Windows Server 2022 VM on Window Server 2019 DC Host?

Robetus 21 Reputation points
2022-12-05T03:07:37.78+00:00

Is it possible to activate a Windows Server 2022 Hyper-V VM on a licensed Window Server 2019 DataCenter Host using automatic activation?

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-12-05T04:02:08.777+00:00

    Your 2019 DataCenter can only activate 2019 virtual machines and lower.
    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/get-started/automatic-vm-activation#system-requirements

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  1. Robetus 21 Reputation points
    2022-12-05T04:16:27.433+00:00

    For some reason I was reading that chart up and down and not left to right like I should've. Thank you for pointing it out.


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