windows 2016 activation key

Question

Hi Team, Currently we are using windows 2008 server in our environment and now we have upgraded that to windows 2016 std and it is asking for activation key , how can we get that. kindly suggest.

Answer 1

Hi @Anonymous ,

You will need to buy a Windows Server 2016 Standard product key from a official Microsoft retailer store, once you have bought the product key, you can activate your Windows Server 2016.

You can also contact the Microsoft store for more support over here:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/account-billing/contact-microsoft-store-support-4f615f2a-6bbd-fd69-6695-ae213d63eef0

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Answer 2

@Anonymous
Hi,

You should buy the Windows Server 2016 Standard product key
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/licensing/product-licensing/windows-server

Then you could activate windows 2016 std.

Hope above information can help you.

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