HOW TO EXTEND EVALUATION PERIOD EXPIRED FOR WINDOWS SERVER 2008 and 2012 R2

HOW TO EXTEND EVALUATION PERIOD EXPIRED FOR WINDOWS SERVER 2008 and 2012 R2?

After Window Server evaluation period has expired , you will found out unexpected behavior for your machine like unexpected Shutdown / Restart every one hour approximately !

In this case, you only have two options:

Purchasing a new Windows Key, activate windows through “Go to PC  Settings“.

Extend Window Server evaluation period has expired .

Note :  The windows will notify you with the following message.



Before 12 days of Windows Server 2012 license Expiration to activate Windows.

In this hint, I will elaborate How to Extend Windows Server Evaluation Period by following the bit mentioned steps below:

Steps: 1. Open Command Prompt as Administrator.

2. run cmd as administrator

3. Reset the licensing status of machine by typing the following command

“slmgr.vbs /rearm“.

4. Restart the server.

The Windows Evaluation Period should now be extended to additional 180 days.
After Server restart , wait a moment and you will find the license has been extended successfully.
Extend Windows Server 2012 Evaluation Period

Regarding Windows Server 2008

Follow the above-mentioned steps with the following changes.

3. The command will be slmgr.vbs -rearm instead of slmgr.vbs /rearm.

The command will extend windows evaluation period to additional 60 days,  that can be used again for three times.