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What happens when Exchange 2016 Standard evaluation period ends?

Caspar 281 Reputation points
2021-08-06T08:56:32.743+00:00

So the question is simple, if you have a working Exchange 2016 Standard server that has no license (yet), what will happen once the evaluation period ends? Will it continue to work 100% or not? We have a customer that migrated to Exchange 2016 (from 2010) and is planning to go to Exchange 2019 soon. Do they need to acquire a 2016 license, just for the time being or can we safely ignore these messages and migrate to 2019 within a few weeks/months? We want to make sure the server keeps working as it is doing now.

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The administration and maintenance of Microsoft Exchange Server to ensure secure, reliable, and efficient email and collaboration services across an organization.

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  1. Leon Laude 86,101 Reputation points
    2021-08-06T09:30:11.463+00:00

    Hi @Caspar ,

    Exchange 2016 will keep functioning, the only thing that will happen is there will be a reminder in EAC to enter a licence key. I believe you will be required to get an Exchange 2016 product key first yes, as you cannot upgrade an evaluation of Exchange 2016 to Exchange 2019.

    For more information on entering your Exchange server product key, see:

    Enter your Exchange Server product key
    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/Exchange/plan-and-deploy/post-installation-tasks/enter-product-key?redirectedfrom=MSDN&view=exchserver-2016

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    Best regards,
    Leon

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