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Course start date: 2022-09-29

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Knowledge Base - Windows Server

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Knowledge Base Windows Server
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What types of Windows Server licenses are available?
What Windows Server OEM license products does DELL Technologies offer?
What is the difference between Base Licenses and Additional Licenses and when are those required?
What is a certificate of authenticity (COA)?
What are Windows Server Standard Additional Licenses “APOS”?
What is Datacenter edition with reassignment rights?
When does it make sense to get Windows Server Datacenter vs. Standard edition?
How many Client Access Licenses (CALs) are included with the Windows Server license?
Do all Microsoft licenses come with a Certificate of Authenticity (COA)?
What exactly comes inside the kits for each license type?
What is a ROK license?
Where can I find OS drivers for DELL servers?
How to update your Dell drivers?
How to install the operating system on a Dell PowerEdge Server? (OS deployment)
What do I do if I lose my COA?
The Server has no optical drive to read DVD media. How can I install Windows Server?
Can I convert an evaluation copy of Windows Server to a fully licensed product?
I installed Windows Server Datacenter, but I want Windows Server Standard. Can I convert the current installation to Standard edition?
I installed Windows Server Standard, but wanted Datacenter. Can I convert the installation to Datacenter edition?
Can I transfer my OEM license to another server?
Can OEM product licenses be transferred to another organization?
If I “retire” a server with an OEM license on it, can I use that software on a new server?
How do I activate Windows Server?
When do I activate my license?
Can I use a Windows Server 2022 key to activate Windows Server 2019?
What do I do if I am having trouble activating my OS installation?
What do I do if the manual product key injection process does not result in my Windows Server being activated?
I can’t find the phone activation wizard in Windows Server, how do I activate via the phone?
What is AVMA?
How do I activate a Windows Server Additional License?
How do I activate a Windows Server CAL?
What is the Microsoft Software Assurance program?
If my older version of Windows Server is covered under a current Microsoft Software Assurance subscription, do I have to pay to upgrade to the current version of Windows Server?
What happens if I have a license for an older version of Windows Server and want to upgrade to the latest version but have not purchased Microsoft Software Assurance for the license?
What is a Windows Server downgrade and what are my downgrade rights?
What is a Windows Server down-edition?
Why are downgrade rights important?
How do the downgrade terms affect CALs?
How to install Windows Server Standard ROK on a Virtual Machine
Do OS licensing rules for virtual Windows Server OS instances running on VMware vSphere® or Windows Server Hyper-V cluster nodes differ?
Can you virtualize a SQL Server?
What editions are available in Windows Server 2022?
How is licensing with Windows Server 2019?
Can I buy a 16-core license and “divide” the license between two servers?
How should I think about hyper-threading in the core-based licensing?
Windows Server 2022 support nested virtualization—a VM running inside a VM. How do you license that scenario?
What is a CAL?
What are the different types of CALs?
If a user or device accesses a server running Windows Server 2022 but is authenticating via a third-party authentication application (non-Microsoft based authentication), does the user or device still require a Windows Server 2019 CAL?
Can I use a Windows device CAL and a Windows user CAL to access the same server? Also, can I use an RDS device CAL and an RDS user CAL on the same RD Session Host/terminal server?
Can I use my Windows Server 2019 CALs to access servers running Windows Server 2022?
If I move an instance of Windows Server 2019 to run as a virtual instance on a server with Windows Server 2019 running in the physical OS Environment, can I use Windows Server 2016 CALs to access the virtual instance of Windows Server 2022?
Can I use a Windows Server 2019 user CAL to access a server running Windows Server 2016?
Will I be allowed to switch between Windows Server device CALs and user CALs? What about RDS CALs?
What is the difference between a Windows Server Operating System (OS) license and a Windows Server CAL? Why do I need both?
Can I split a CAL pack into user and device CALs?
Is each CAL “tied” to a specific user or device?
What do I do if I lose my Windows Server CAL?
What do I do if I lose my RDS CAL?
What is the difference between a Windows Server CAL and RDS CALs?
What do you need to do if you want to downgrade your RDS CAL?
How do I move a RDS/TS CAL license to a new server?

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