Re: moving a server license



"=?Utf-8?B?TWF0dCBXYWxrZXI=?=" <Matt Walker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote in news:EB9BD1EB-2AFE-4E7D-B053-DD65E26E2020@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:

> I am replacing a w3k server with another w3k machine and want to
> transfer the license from the old machine to the new one. When I call
> Microsoft licensing they say I need to deactivate the old server
> license first. How?

Load the new server and go through the activation process. If the internet
option, do the phone one. There is no such thing as 'deactivating' a
license. Just make sure you decommssion to old server.
.



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