Windows server 2022 Evaluation to Standard

Question

Hello,
i have issue activating windows server 2022 from evaluation to standard
with

Dism /online /Set-Edition:ServerStandard /AcceptEula /ProductKey: my bought key
i get Error: 1605

with official kms key i get
dism /online /set-edition:serverstandard /productkey:VDYBN-27WPP-V4HQT-9VMD4-VMK7H /accepteula

PS C:\Users\Administrator.DC> dism /online /set-edition:serverstandard /productkey:VDYBN-27WPP-V4HQT-9VMD4-VMK7H /accepteula

Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 10.0.20348.1

Image Version: 10.0.20348.587

Starting to update components...
Zadaný popisovač souboru není platný.

Finished installing product key.

Adding package Microsoft-Windows-ServerStandardEdition~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.20348.587
[==========================100.0%==========================]
Finished updating components.

Starting to apply edition-specific settings...
Finished applying edition-specific settings.

The operation completed successfully.
Restart Windows to complete this operation.
Do you want to restart the computer now? (Y/N)

After restart nothing change and the windows server is still in evaluation. Ive tried

• sfc /scannow
• DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth
• DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth
• DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
• dism.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /AnalyzeComponentStore
• dism.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup

But still stays on eval I could not find any error code in event viewer. Any help?
Thanks

Answer 1

What roles are installed? What product key channel is being used? (OEM, retail, volume)

Answer 2

Hi
its volume license domain controller

Answer 3

Ok, well two problems here.
1 It isn't supported to activate an already promo'd domain controller
2 You should be using volume media that can be downloaded from the volume center site.

As a work around to the volume media , mght also try using a kms key as intermediary step.
Dism /online /Set-Edition:ServerStandard /ProductKey:VDYBN-27WPP-V4HQT-9VMD4-VMK7H /AcceptEula
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/get-started/kmsclientkeys#windows-server-ltscltsb-versions

then if successful use your own product key below after reboot
slmgr /ipk xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx
slmgr /ato

The work-around for the domain controller is to stand up a new one for replacement.

I'd use dcdiag / repadmin tools to verify health correcting all errors found before starting any operations. Then stand up the new 2022, patch it fully, license it, join existing domain, add active directory domain services, promote it also making it a GC, transfer FSMO roles over, transfer pdc emulator role, use dcdiag / repadmin tools to again verify health, when all is good you can decommission / demote old one.

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Answer 4

Sorry my bad this server is not domain controller but is connected in domain.
Ive tried this but it keeps it in eval after restart
Dism /online /Set-Edition:ServerStandard /ProductKey:VDYBN-27WPP-V4HQT-9VMD4-VMK7H /AcceptEula

installed featurers

PS C:\Users\Administrator.DC>  Get-WindowsFeature | Where-Object {$_. installstate -eq "installed"}

Display Name                                            Name                       Install State
------------                                            ----                       -------------
[X] Active Directory Domain Services                    AD-Domain-Services             Installed
[X] DNS Server                                          DNS                            Installed
[X] File and Storage Services                           FileAndStorage-Services        Installed
    [X] File and iSCSI Services                         File-Services                  Installed
        [X] File Server                                 FS-FileServer                  Installed
    [X] Storage Services                                Storage-Services               Installed
[X] Remote Desktop Services                             Remote-Desktop-Services        Installed
    [X] Remote Desktop Session Host                     RDS-RD-Server                  Installed
[X] .NET Framework 4.8 Features                         NET-Framework-45-Fea...        Installed
    [X] .NET Framework 4.8                              NET-Framework-45-Core          Installed
    [X] WCF Services                                    NET-WCF-Services45             Installed
        [X] TCP Port Sharing                            NET-WCF-TCP-PortShar...        Installed
[X] BitLocker Drive Encryption                          BitLocker                      Installed
[X] Enhanced Storage                                    EnhancedStorage                Installed
[X] Group Policy Management                             GPMC                           Installed
[X] Microsoft Defender Antivirus                        Windows-Defender               Installed
[X] Remote Server Administration Tools                  RSAT                           Installed
    [X] Feature Administration Tools                    RSAT-Feature-Tools             Installed
        [X] BitLocker Drive Encryption Administratio... RSAT-Feature-Tools-B...        Installed
            [X] BitLocker Drive Encryption Tools        RSAT-Feature-Tools-B...        Installed
            [X] BitLocker Recovery Password Viewer      RSAT-Feature-Tools-B...        Installed
    [X] Role Administration Tools                       RSAT-Role-Tools                Installed
        [X] AD DS and AD LDS Tools                      RSAT-AD-Tools                  Installed
            [X] Active Directory module for Windows ... RSAT-AD-PowerShell             Installed
            [X] AD DS Tools                             RSAT-ADDS                      Installed
                [X] Active Directory Administrative ... RSAT-AD-AdminCenter            Installed
                [X] AD DS Snap-Ins and Command-Line ... RSAT-ADDS-Tools                Installed
        [X] DNS Server Tools                            RSAT-DNS-Server                Installed
[X] System Data Archiver                                System-DataArchiver            Installed
[X] Windows PowerShell                                  PowerShellRoot                 Installed
    [X] Windows PowerShell 5.1                          PowerShell                     Installed
[X] WoW64 Support                                       WoW64-Support                  Installed
[X] XPS Viewer                                          XPS-Viewer                     Installed

PS C:\Users\Administrator.DC> Dism /Online /Get-TargetEditions

Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 10.0.20348.1

Image Version: 10.0.20348.587

Editions that can be upgraded to:

Blokovací operace byla přerušena voláním WSACancelBlockingCall.
: ServerStandard
Blokovací operace byla přerušena voláním WSACancelBlockingCall.
: ServerDatacenter

The operation completed successfully.
PS C:\Users\Administrator.DC>

Answer 5

What was the result? What's in the C:\Windows\Logs\DISM\dism.log