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Some features like Personalization might be turned off. CraigLong , thank you for your prompt reply. I figured out that you can download the Windows 11 media installer and install it onto a new PC without having a license; you'll just be prompted later, once installed, to purchase a license. I recall this now from Windows 10 days; I just wish Microsoft explained this somewhere so I didn't have to spend a half hour researching it.

Thanks for confirming that it still works the same way as it did in Windows Windows 11 is the most mysterious version of them all. I don't think you will be able to Personalize Windows 11 without activating it. I have the same question 5. Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. DaveM Independent Advisor. Hi Ballfdfsgsgsr I am Dave, I will help you with this. So i can buy anywhere legally an Windows r2 license? I found several on ebay and shady sites but i think are not valid in case of Microsoft comes.

But if you look at Windows 10 downgrade rights Anyway its just paper license But do note if you are running on a virtualised environment, you need to license it based on the cores of the physical server In general, downgrade rights allow you to use any previous server version of the same edition.

There are some limitations, mostly on retail versions. No need to guess when it's easy to look up. Says " R2 or earlier". I would prefer too Vmware ESXI over hyper-v but my maanger wont want to pay for it , so i am stuck with hyper-v since its free , i already have Windows license paid.

I will look into a R2 license. Any recommendation where to buy it Robert? In microsoft store i only see licenses. Depends on the product. OEM Windows gets you N-2 versions back. VL Windows gets you all the way back to the beginning of time, but you need to supply your own media and keys for further than N-2 back. For Windows Server, you can downgrade all the way back to the beginning of time as long as you have the media and keys, regardless of licensing channel.

Very interesting topic. You purchase user CALs and record those in the Licensing console more on that a bit later. As connections are made to the target application, the License Logging service keeps track of each connection.

When the number of user connections reaches , no more connections are accepted. If you suddenly added another 25 users, you would have to either purchase and register an additional 25 user CALs in the Licensing console or revoke CALs from 25 existing users.

The latter option makes sense only if those 25 users will no longer be accessing the target server application. The more likely situation is that you will need to add CALs for the additional users. Now, let's consider another example with a manufacturing company that runs three shifts. Each shift has about 50 users who share 10 computers. The actual number of users on a given shift varies as does the number of users from one shift to another.

However, there are only 10 devices from which users can connect to the server. This company purchases 10 device CALs.

Even though they might have users, they are still legal. Now, let's assume this company, which has previously had its engineering staff at a different site, now adds an engineering department of 25 users.

These users have multiple devices, so the company purchases 25 user CALs to go along with the existing 10 device CALs. Even though you can purchase a mix of device and user CALs, is there a catch to using them?

So, how does the Licensing Service keep track of user connections versus device connections? The simple fact is that it doesn't. While it does track CALs purchased and allocated, it doesn't prevent connections when the total number of accesses is reached. Your users won't be shut down no matter how many or how few CALs you add.