#Download windows server 2008 r2 64 bit evaluation serial number#

You donвЂ™t need any serial number or no need to activate this product. This article is not intended for permanent professional use, but more related for IT Professional or System Builder or IT student, who need to use WinServer 2008 for certain period of time, either for evaluation or university project.

#Download windows server 2008 r2 64 bit evaluation for free#

Well, not initially free, but legally, you could download Windows Server 2008 (all version) for free from microsoft website and evaluate it for 240 days.

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And note that whether you get the ISO or VHD version, although you donвЂ™t have to have a product key, you do have to activate the product that you install within 10 days, or extend the activation period with the software license manager (slmgr.vbs).

Note that these are Hyper-V images and Microsoft says you need to run them on either Server 2008 or Server 2008 R2, which is kind of odd for two reasons: 1) If you already have a Server 2008 R2 platform, why would you need the eval, and 2) Why couldnвЂ™t you run this VHD on a system running Hyper-V Server 2008?ДЄnyway, the VHDвЂ™s are also good for 180 days. (Both are Enterprise edition, so if you need to evaluate one of the other editions, youвЂ™ll want to go with method 1 or 2.) Microsoft has split up the вЂњfullвЂќ version into a five-file RAR set if thatвЂ™s more convenient for you. (I love the estimate of the download size for this option: somewhere between 37 MB and 4766 MB.) You actually can get two VHDвЂ™s, one with Server 2008 R2 вЂњfullвЂќ and one with the Server Core flavor.

If youвЂ™d rather start evaluating Server 2008 R2 by downloading a Virtual Hard Drive (VHD) image, thatвЂ™s option number three. The procedure is much the same as for the вЂњIT ProfessionalsвЂќ guided experience. If youвЂ™re a developer, thereвЂ™s a separate button for you that takes you over to the MSDN Evaluation Center.

Then youвЂ™re taken over to the download page to get the ISO image (just shy of 3GB). (ThereвЂ™s no decision to make about 64-bit versus 32-bit because Server 2008 R2 is 64-bit only.) You have to log in with a Microsoft account and then agree to receive three e-mails during the eval period, plus maybe even a phone call from someone at Microsoft. You get either a вЂњcompilationвЂќ version containing a 180-day eval of Web, Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter, or an Itanium version. (Get there at The first free method is to вЂњregister for an guided experienceвЂќ (thereвЂ™s that vaunted MS quality control!) for IT professionals. There are three вЂњfreeвЂќ methods in addition to the traditional ways of getting eval copies through TechNet Plus and MSDN. Microsoft has provided several ways for us to evaluate Server 2008 R2.