Convert MAK to KMS licenses

Beckers Jens (PZ Aarschot) 1 Reputation point
2020-11-05T10:55:33.407+00:00

Dear,

Via this account I'm writing I've access to our MS Volume licensing center.

We purchased licenses for our activation of Windows Server 2019 standard servers.
Now we got MAK licenses.

Our current systems are all Windows Server 2019 Standard evaluation editions and we cannot use the key to activate them.
Even not with the powershell command from the website.

Do we need KMS licenses? Can we have the MAK converted to KMS?

Best regards,
Jens

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  1. Dave Patrick 426.5K Reputation points MVP
    2020-11-05T13:31:17.13+00:00

    Try using the KMS key here as intermediary step
    https://video2.skills-academy.com/en-us/windows-server/get-started/kmsclientkeys
    Dism /online /Set-Edition:ServerStandard /AcceptEula /ProductKey:xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx

    then after reboot
    slmgr /ipk xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx
    slmgr /ato

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  2. Dale Kudusi 3,226 Reputation points
    2020-11-06T08:03:14.653+00:00

    Hi,
    Please refer to this detailed discussion on activating Windows server 2019 Evaluation Edition using MAK:
    https://video2.skills-academy.com/en-us/answers/questions/58587/windows-server-2019-activation-from-evaluation.html

    Best regards.

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