Hello

Thank you for your purchase! The invoice and licensee transfer are attached to this email. To ensure successful installation and activation, please proceed as follows:

 

Creating a bootable USB stick:

1. Click the Download button in the Download Center.
2. Install a program to create bootable installation media such as Rufus.
3. Start the Rufus program.
4. Select the USB stick to write to. This must have at least 8 GB of storage space. In addition, select the Windows that you downloaded in step 1 and click Next.

Creating a bootable DVD:

1. Click the Download button in the Download Center.
2. Go to your PC's Downloads folder and select the ISO file you just downloaded.
3. Insert a blank DVD into the DVD burner and right-click the ISO file and select Burn Disc Image.

Installation:

1. Plug the USB stick into the PC or place the DVD in the drive.
2. Make sure the PC boots from the installation media. To do this, you may have to adjust the boot order in the BIOS. For more specific instructions on how to change the order, see your motherboard manual.
3. Boot from the DVD / USB stick and follow the instructions of the installation program.

During the installation you will be prompted to enter the key. You can do this during installation or after installation is complete. If you want to enter the key later, click on the field "I don't have a key”

 

Activation Instruction Windows Server:

After the Server installation with a file from our Download-Center or from the Microsoft website, you might have installed the „Evaluation“ version. Please look into your system information to confirm if you have installed the “Standard Evaluation“, “Standard“ or “DataCenter“ Version. If you have a „Evaluation“ Version just follow this upgrade guide. If you have the full version like “Windows Server Standard” or “Windows Server DataCenter” installed follow the key activation guide below.

Server version upgrade:

For the activation of the your Server Version you first need to upgrade it to the “Windows Server“-Version you want. Therefore, you need to use the generic key for the desired version. Open the command line / CMD with administrator rights and input the following line:

dism /online /get-targeteditions

After that input one of the following lines with the generic key, that matches the Server version you want:

 

Server Version	Command with generic key (DO NOT change the key of this line)
Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials	dism /online /set-edition:serverEssentials /productkey:K2XGM-NMBT3-2R6Q8-WF2FK-P36R2 /accepteula
Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard	dism /online /set-edition:serverStandard /productkey:DBGBW-NPF86-BJVTX-K3WKJ-MTB6V /accepteula
Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter	dism /online /set-edition:serverDatacenter /productkey:Y4TGP-NPTV9-HTC2H-7MGQ3-DV4TW /accepteula
Windows Server 2016 Essentials	dism /online /set-edition:serverEssentials /productkey:JCKRF-N37P4-C2D82-9YXRT-4M63B /accepteula
Windows Server 2016 Standard	dism /online /set-edition:serverStandard /productkey:WC2BQ-8NRM3-FDDYY-2BFGV-KHKQY /accepteula
Windows Server 2016 Datacenter	dism /online /set-edition:serverDatacenter /productkey:CB7KF-BWN84-R7R2Y-793K2-8XDDG /accepteula
Windows Server 2019 Essentials	dism /online /set-edition:serverEssentials /productkey:WVDHN-86M7X-466P6-VHXV7-YY726 /accepteula
Windows Server 2019 Standard	dism /online /set-edition:serverStandard /productkey:N69G4-B89J2-4G8F4-WWYCC-J464C /accepteula
Windows Server 2019 Datacenter	dism /online /set-edition:serverDatacenter /productkey:WMDGN-G9PQG-XVVXX-R3X43-63DFG /accepteula
Windows Server 2022 Standard & Windows Server 2022 Essentials	dism /online /set-edition:serverStandard /productkey:VDYBN-27WPP-V4HQT-9VMD4-VMK7H /accepteula
Windows Server 2022 Datacenter	dism /online /set-edition:serverDatacenter /productkey:WX4NM-KYWYW-QJJR4-XV3QB-6VM33 /accepteula

The system might reboot multiple times. After the upgrade is finished, you can input the key. By following the key activation guide.

 

Activation physical Windows Server:

Open the command line and input the key with the following line. But you need to exchange the „AAAAA-BBBBB-CCCCC-DDDDD-EEEEE“ with your actual key:

slmgr /ipk AAAAA-BBBBB-CCCCC-DDDDD-EEEEE

For the key „HJ1HG-HU44Z-68HJP-V79W4-1R2R4“ the command would be:

slmgr /ipk HJ1HG-HU44Z-68HJP-V79W4-1R2R4

You can also force the activation with the command:

slmgr /ato

 

Activation virtual Windows Server:

For the activation of virtual Windows Server on a correct licensed physical Windows Server Datacenter please use the following AVMA-Keys, that Microsoft provided to activate such virtual Windows Server:

Server Version	Activation command with generic AVMA-key for virtual Server
Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials	slmgr /ipk K2XGM-NMBT3-2R6Q8-WF2FK-P36R2
Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard	slmgr /ipk DBGBW-NPF86-BJVTX-K3WKJ-MTB6V
Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter	slmgr /ipk Y4TGP-NPTV9-HTC2H-7MGQ3-DV4TW
Windows Server 2016 Essentials	slmgr /ipk B4YNW-62DX9-W8V6M-82649-MHBKQ
Windows Server 2016 Standard	slmgr /ipk C3RCX-M6NRP-6CXC9-TW2F2-4RHYD
Windows Server 2016 Datacenter	slmgr /ipk TMJ3Y-NTRTM-FJYXT-T22BY-CWG3J
Windows Server 2019 Essentials	slmgr /ipk 2CTP7-NHT64-BP62M-FV6GG-HFV28
Windows Server 2019 Standard	slmgr /ipk TNK62-RXVTB-4P47B-2D623-4GF74
Windows Server 2019 Datacenter	slmgr /ipk H3RNG-8C32Q-Q8FRX-6TDXV-WMBMW
Windows Server 2022 Standard	slmgr /ipk YDFWN-MJ9JR-3DYRK-FXXRW-78VHK
Windows Server 2022 Datacenter	slmgr /ipk W3GNR-8DDXR-2TFRP-H8P33-DV9BG

You can also force the activation with the command:

slmgr /ato

 

Now you should have a working and activated Windows Server. It might take some time for the activation to be shown. If the command line outputs an error, please wait some time and reboot the system. Then look in the system information if the Windows is activated.

 

If it still does not work with this instruction, please send us screenshots with the error messages.