azurewindows-server-2008-r2
I am looking to create an Azure VM that has Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard (or Enterprise). It must be either Standard or Enterprise, as the software that needs to be installed on it will not install / function correctly.
As far as I can tell, the standard "image" that you select from in Azure will create a Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter image.
Is there a way to select Standard or Enterprise that doesn't involve me creating a VM locally and then uploading to Azure?
I figured out a workaround last night. I discovered it had something to do with my original MAK key and its reuse.
The original VM was a Server 2008 R2 VM with an MSDN MAK Key (which is valid for standard and enterprise edition)
I did the DISM upgrade using the "489J6-VHDMP-X63PK-3K798-CPX3Y" KMS key for enterprise (from this post) http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winservergen/thread/0c68ffd9-ed83-4437-aa79-2f7decc75c0f.
After the DISM upgrade I switched back to my original MAK key (and activated successfully). A secondary behavior of this was that Remote Desktop was no longer functional on any machine that used the MAK Key. I then did some additional research and found that other people had experienced the same problem using the DISM upgrade ( http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverTS/thread/6debc586-0977-4731-b418-ca1edb34fe8b ). On a hunch I switched back to the KMS key and was then able to install SP1 (and remote desktop was reenabled). I then tried a Std/Enterprise license from a different MSDN account and it activated successfully, as well as kept Remote Desktop enabled. I also tested switching back to my original MAK key and this worked as well. I then just switched the rest of my VM's to the new MSDN key and this was successful as well, without re-introducing the KMS key.
Best I can tell, there must be something unique to using the same key at each end of the standard -> enterprise DISM upgrade path.
I've never seen this before. Can you post a photograph or screenshot?
You should see 8 choices, one for each version of Windows, and for each version you can choose server core (no GUI) or full.
If this is something new I suspect it's just that version with HyperV pre-installed.
This is what you should be seeing:
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Unfortunately, we should create a VM locally and upload to Azure.
For now, Windows server 2008 R2 Standard or Enterprise are not available.
Here is the available images list:
More information about Windows server available images, please refer to this link.