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 Windows Server 2008 R2 Evaluation (180 days)Brief DescriptionWindows Server 2008 R2 builds on the award-winning foundation of Windows Server 2008, expanding existing technology and adding new features to enable organizations to increase the reliability and flexibility of their server infrastructures. On This PageRegistration Required for This Download You must register to receive this download. Please click the Continue button to register. Quick Details
OverviewThis software is for evaluation and testing purposes. The evaluation is available in ISO format. Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter editions are available via the same download. You will be prompted for edition installation at setup. Evaluating any version of Windows Server 2008 R2 software does not require entering a product key, however will require activation within 10 days. Failing to activate the evaluation will cause the licensing service to shut the machine down every hour (The 10 day activation period can be reset five (5) times by using the rearm command. See below for further information on activation rearm). After this time, you will need to uninstall the evaluation software and reinstall a fully-licensed version of Windows Server 2008 R2. This download is also available through our new Download Manager. This will ensure 100% completion rate, and accelerate download times on slower links. To start this download via the Download Manager, please click here. System Requirements
InstructionsThis download offers you the benefits of registering with Microsoft. Click the Continue button near the top of this page to register. After you have gone through the registration process, you will be returned to this page to begin the download Additional InformationPlease refer to the documents below for further information How to manually rearm the 10 day activation grace period When the initial 10-day activation period nears its end, you can run the Slmgr.vbs script to reset it back to 10 days. To do this, follow these steps: This resets the activation period to 10 days, and can be used up to five times. After this you will need to either activate or reinstall the evaluation. Note that the files are language-specific, where “EN” is English, "FR" is French, "ES" is Spanish, “DE” is German, “CN” is Chinese and “JP” is Japanese. Further languages are supported through the Windows Server Language Packs, please visit the Windows Server 2008 R2 Multilingual User Interface Language site for further information. If you are a TechNet subscriber, please visit the Windows Server 2008 R2 TechNet Subscriber download page. If you are a MSDN subscriber, please visit the Windows Server 2008 R2 MSDN Subscriber download page. What Others Are DownloadingOthers who downloaded Windows Server 2008 R2 Evaluation (180 days) also downloaded: |
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