Activation
Dism /Online /Get-CurrentEditionDism /Online /Get-TargetEditionsSet CD Key and activate:
Dism /online /Set-Edition:<edition name> /AcceptEula /ProductKey:12345-67890-12345-67890-12345VAMT
LDAP://domain.com??sub?(&(objectClass=computer)(operatingSystem=Windows*))
LDAP://domain.com/OU=subOU,OU=parentOU,DC=domain,DC=com??sub?(&(objectClass=computer)(operatingSystemVersion=6*))Windows Server 2012 R2
The evaluation version (product ID 00252-10000-00000-AA228) was installed and expired.
The machine would then shutdown every hour.
This solved it:
PS C:\Windows\system32> DISM /online /Get-CurrentEdition
Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 6.3.9600.19408
Image Version: 6.3.9600.19397
Current edition is:
Current Edition : ServerStandardEval
The operation completed successfully.
PS C:\Windows\system32> DISM /online /Set-Edition:ServerStandard /AcceptEula /ProductKey:XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX
Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 6.3.9600.19408
Image Version: 6.3.9600.19397
Starting to update components...
Starting to install product key...
Finished installing product key.
Removing package Microsoft-Windows-ServerStandardEvalEdition~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.3.9600.16384
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Finished updating components.
Starting to apply edition-specific settings...
Finished applying edition-specific settings.
The operation completed successfully.
Restart Windows to complete this operation.
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