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Redistribute virtual machine with Windows 10 or 2016 or 2019 server

Hello there! thanks for the time of anybody reading this :)

My company wants to give the opportunity to potencial new customers to try the software without the need of installing it.

I was thinking about the licensing thing in windows, I sent emails, asked many people and nobody has a clue about it.

What about if I ship a windows server in "demo/trial" mode with the software installed in VMWare or VirtualBox format? that could be a license issue?

Any recommendation on where to read about it, or contact someone about it?

THANKS!

windows-serverwindows-server-2019
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DaleKudusi-MSFT answered

Hi,
The evaluation versions of Windows Server are valid for 180 days by default and can be extended.
An evaluation version can only be activated using a retail key, if the key was from volume center then you'll need to use volume distribution media that can be downloaded from volume licensing center.

https://www.microsoft.com/Licensing/servicecenter/default.aspx

Best regards.


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