Windows 10: Windows Server 2008 R2 upgrade to Windows Server 2012 R2

Hello,I have server with Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard, license type OEM. I made upgrade from Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard to Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard. I tried to activate it with my Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard product key, but it didn´t work. How I activate my Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard?Best regards,Ebe-Kai Uibo

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Free Windows Server 2008 (and 2008 R2) for students

Microsoft recently added Windows Server 2008 R2 to Dreamspark, so now Server 2008 and Server 2008 R2 are available for free to any student enrolled in a class at any of the universities on their list. Windows Server 2008 R2 can be converted so that it is like Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 can be converted so that it is like Vista. I'm still running XP Pro, but only until I find a free antivirus program for server operating systems *Roll Eyes

 

Upgrade windows server 2008 to 2012 R2 Datacenter

Boa tarde , após realizar o upgrade da versão do windows server 2008 R2 datacenter para a versão 2012 R2 datacenter , não consigo mais realizar o acesso via RDP .

 

Convert Windows Server 2012 R2 Evaluation to Windows Server 2012 R2

I have purchased the product key of Windows Server 2012 R2. Now the server is on Windows Server 2012 R2 Evaluation. I found a few links there they explained on how to convert from Windows Server 2012 R2 Evaluation to Windows Server 2012 R2 with valid product
key. One of the example is this link:

How to activate Windows Server 2012 R2 Evaluation - Nicolas Ignoto, CTP

Is this a correct way to do? If I follow this step, will my data be erased?

I want to avoid formatting/fresh Windows install because there are some software in the server that we do not know how to backup. We just want to get it activated now, backup will be sorted out later.