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How to upgrade your Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard to Datacenter?

Note: This process is only applicable for upgrading from Windows Server Standard to Windows Server Datacenter. Downgrading from WS Datacenter to WS Standard is not supported.
Note: Your documents, installed programs, and other files will remain intact during the upgrade. However, we advise backing up your data to safeguard against power outages or other issues.

Here are the steps:

  1. Press the Windows + R keys to open the Run dialog box. Type CMD and press Enter.
  2. In the Command Prompt, type: dism /online /set-edition:serverdatacenter /productkey:XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX /accepteula. Replace the Xs with your product key and press Enter.
  3. Once the activation process is finished, restart your server to complete the upgrade to Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter.

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