Downgrade Microsoft Server 2022 Standard - problem

Question

Hi everyone,

i've been trying to do this for months now. I tried contacting Microsoft through every support possible, i contacted the official Microsoft partner. Nothing worked. There is no single information anywhere about the 2022 server. Only 2019. I was forwarded multiple times on the phone call, everytime i end up with someone that does 365 or windows 10. Microsoft support even connected remotely to my server and still nothing. This is just ridiculous, i was forced to buy 2022 last year in october, and still it's like this system doesn't exist.
Has anyone managed to do this? Thanks in advance for any info.

Answer 1

Downgrade rights are typically limited to volume licensing, software assurance, and OEM partners. For OEM the downgrade is handled through the OEM (sometimes for a fee)

For volume center submit here.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/supportrequestform/2afa6f15-b710-db46-909a-8346017c802f?sl=en&sc=US

For SA you can submit here
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/microsoft-software-assurance-support-incident-submission-74a9a148-9a75-ecc8-4420-14191e634d65

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Answer 2

A Server 2022 product key could not be used to activate Server 2016 as they're different product SKUs. As to downgrading you best chance is to get a downgrade key through the reseller.

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Answer 3

What problem are you trying to solve?