
How can I activate my license in Windows 2008 Server Core?Īs I mentioned above, when I listed out the options, slmgr.vbs is used to activate Windows 2008 Server at the command line. With the –dlv option, there is even more detailed information about the current state of your licenses. Here is what their output looks like:įigure 4: slmgr.vbs –dli output showing license informationĪs you can see in the –dli option output, there is more information on the version of Win 2008 you are running, the license status, time renaming (down to the second), and all about the key management server.įigure 5: slmgr.vbs –dlv output showing detailed license information To get more detailed information than just the expiration date (given by the xpr command), you can use the dli or dlv options. How do I get detailed information on my Windows Server 2008 license? For more information on that, please see Microsoft KB 948472.
SLG REARM FULL
By implementing this script, you could use Windows Server 2008 for the full 240 days without having to do anything.
SLG REARM HOW TO
In fact, Microsoft even has an interesting knowledgebase document on how to automatically extend the evaluation of licensing with a script. To see how much time you have left in your current evaluation period, just type:įigure 3: Results of xpr command, showing the date and time that the license grace period for Win 2008 expires To do this, just type:įigure 2: Results after rearming your Win 2008 evaluation copy for another 60 days You can re-arm this evaluation of Windows 2008 using slmgr.vbs. Thus, you could evaluate Windows 2008 Server for a total of 240 days, or about 8 months – wow! While many admins do not know it, you can “re-arm” that evaluation period for another 60 days, three times over. An evaluation version of Windows Server 2008 will work for 60 days. If you are evaluating Windows Server 2008, you should know that license activation is not required. How can slmgr.vbs help with Evaluation licensing? Let’s see some examples of how Windows 2008 slmgr.vbs can help us.
SLG REARM INSTALL

SLG REARM FULL VERSION
This is a visual basic script used to configure licensing on any Windows 2008 Server – either the full version or the core version. The name actually stands for Windows Software Licensing Management Tool.

Microsoft’s command line licensing tool is slmgr.vbs.

In this article, you will learn how to use Microsoft’s command line tool for doing that – slmgr.vbs. It is important to know how to license your Windows 2008 Servers from the command line, to see how much time you have left in an eval, or uninstall licenses. Like it or not, Windows Server licensing is more critical than ever before with Windows Server 2008.
