Inplace upgrade server 2008 R2

Inplace upgrade Server 2008 R2 to Enterprise or Datacenter Edition

Hereby some steps to upgrade the server version 2008 R2 from Standard Edition to Enterprise or Datacenter Edition.

If you're using VMware just create a snapshot before the upgrade process, while the VM is offline is the advise. If the VM is holding some application that needs consistency power it off. The advise for AD/SQL/Exchange/DFRS is do not roll-back you destroy the data.

You can process the upgrade while the VM is online, after the upgrade a reboot is needed to apply the just amde changes.

Open up a elevated Command Prompt:

DISM /Online /Get-CurrentEdition

Aboven command will show you the current version.

This will return

 In the same box type: DISM /Online /Get-TargetEditions

This will give you the output of the versions where you can go at.



Choose the desired Server Edition and proceed with the next command:

DISM /Online /Set-Edition:ServerDataCenter /ProductKey:xxxx

 If you use KMS from Microsoft, type in the KMS key on the xxxx.

Enterprise 
489J6-VHDMP-X63PK-3K798-CPX3Y

Datacenter

74YFP-3QFB3-KQT8W-PMXWJ-7M648





After thse steps the VM will boot and apply the changes, when changes are applied the VM will boot again.

The log in and open up a elevated Command Prompt, if you're using KMS.

Then type:

Slmgr –skms kms.address.you.got.in.dns:1688

Slmgr.vbs /ato