Windows – Unable to upgrade Server 2012 Evaluation to Datacenter

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I have
Windows 2012 R2 Datacenter Evaluation installed. Validity is only left for 16 days so I thought to upgrade. I have MS subscription so I got the product keys required. I have tried to the keys for the following with no luck:

  1. Windows 2012 R2 Datacenter (Retail)
  2. Windows 2012 Datacenter (Retail)

  3. Windows 2012 Standard (Retail)

    DISM /online /Set-Edition:ServerDatacenterEval /ProductKey:XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX /AcceptEula command

I am getting the following error:

Error: 50

This Windows image cannot upgrade to the edition of Windows that was specified.
The upgrade cannot proceed.
Run the /Get-TargetEditions option to see what edition of Windows you can upgrade to.

The DISM log file can be found at C:\Windows\Logs\DISM\dism.log

Please correct me if I am doing anything wrong.

Thanks

Best Answer

This is a bit old, but for future reference you should have run:

DISM /online /Set-Edition:ServerDatacenter /ProductKey:XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX /AcceptEula

Using /Set-Edition:ServerDatacenter instead of /Set-Edition:ServerDatacenterEval because you need to convert from an Eval version to a "regular" version.

Reference: Windows Server 2012 Evaluation to Full Retail Standard License - itadminlife.com

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