Windows Server Download Links
Here are the official Microsoft Windows Server download links directly from Microsoft servers.
| Year | Edition | Download Links |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Standard & Datacenter | https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/download-windows-server-2025 |
| 2022 | Standard & Datacenter | https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/download-windows-server-2022 |
| 2019 | Essentials | https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/download-windows-server-2019-essentials |
| 2019 | Standard & Datacenter | https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/download-windows-server-2019 |
| 2016 | Essentials | https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/download-windows-server-2016-essentials |
| 2016 | Standard & Datacenter | https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/download-windows-server-2016 |
To activate an installed evaluation edition of Windows Server, you will need to use the following PowerShell command with your product key.
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Click Start or hit the Start button on your keyboard, type PowerShell, and then right click Windows PowerShell and click Run as administrator.
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Enter the following command, changing the set-edition to either ServerEssentials, ServerStandard or ServerDatacenter depending on the edition you are activating, and changing the ProductKey section with your 25 character product key. An example of this is below.
DISM /Online /Set-Edition:ServerStandard /ProductKey:xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx /AcceptEula -
The required changes will be made and it will ask if you wish to restart now, hit Y on your keyboard for yes.