When Exchange Server 2010 is first installed it runs as a 120 day time-limited trial. Within that first 120 days, or preferably before you put the server into production, you must enter a product key to remove the server from trial status.
For multiple servers in the organization this can be achieved using the Exchange Management Shell. First identify which servers are currently in trial mode.
[PS] C:\>Get-ExchangeServer | where {$_.IsExchange2007TrialEdition -eq "True"}
Name Site ServerRole Edition AdminDisplayVersion
---- ---- ---------- ------- -------------------
EX1 exchangeserverpro... Mailbox,... Standard... Version 14.0 (Bu...
To enter the product key use the Set-ExchangeServer cmdlet with the -ProductKey switch.
[PS] C:\>$trialservers = Get-ExchangeServer | where {$_.IsExchange2007TrialEdition -eq "True"}
[PS] C:\>$trialservers | Set-ExchangeServer -ProductKey 12345-12345-12345-12345-12345
WARNING: The product key has been validated and the product ID has been successfully created. This change won't take effect until the Information Store service has been restarted.
Restart the Information Store on the servers and they are no longer in trial mode.
[PS] C:\>Get-ExchangeServer | fl name,*trial* Name : EX1 IsExchange2007TrialEdition : False IsExpiredExchange2007TrialEdition : False RemainingTrialPeriod : 00:00:00
installed exchange server how to get product key
Hello Paul,
Need help here, We did a one hop migration from Exchange 2007 to 2013 to 2016.
The license we purchased was for 2016 standard and enterprise.
Mistakenly my engineer entered the product key on 2013 server.
now how can i remove the key from 2013 (is that possible?) and have it on 2016.
as i have remove 2013 now as migration is completed.
Have you tried adding the product key to the 2016 server?
Set-ExchangeServer -Identity yourserver -ProductKey ABC12-DEF34-GHI56-JKL78-MNO90
Wow, lifesaver!
Excellent!!!!
I downloaded a 120-day version of Exchange 2010. If I wanted to purchase a product key/license for the Enterprise edition, 3 questions:
A. Which website do you recommend for purchasing the license?
B. Once I purchase the license, how long will it take for it to be in effect?
C. How long is the valid product key good for?
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