Licensing for Exchange Server 2007
Good morning all, I'm having a problem getting my Exchange Server 2007 software licensed. Trial period has a few weeks left, so I need to get it up soon. According to technet, you can ad a product key 1 of 2 ways. When I try on the Management Console, I expand Server Configuration on the console tree, select the server, and there is supposed to be an option to enter the key in the action pane, but there isn't. Now when I try to use the Management Shell, I enter the command "Set-ExchangeServer -Identity ExServer01 -ProductKey aaaaa-aaaaa-aaaaa-aaaaa-aaaaa" except instead of using "ExServer01" I use the name of my server (that is correct right?) And with the key that was provided by MSDN it says "Invalid Product key" Anyone know why it is doing this? Thanks in advance for the help.
August 7th, 2009 2:45am
Don't worry about expiration, it will give warning even after 120 days but continue functionaning as it is.
Can you try entering product key after restarting Information Store service?
Can you post Get-ExchangeServer "ServerName" | FL output here?
Amit Tank | MVP Exchange Server | MCITP: EMA | MCSA: M | http://ExchangeShare.WordPress.com
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August 7th, 2009 5:38am
Hi TSBNetwork Yes as Amit said you don't need to worry about that. Exchange 2007 does expire but will continue to work fine. Microsoft did this because they know that you cannot reinstall your test environment every 120 daysPlease check this link:http://blogs.technet.com/scottschnoll/archive/2006/12/31/exchange-2007-platforms-and-product-keys.aspxhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/exchangesvrgeneral/thread/80e24f21-a9d9-4a41-8a25-46b631c07118Thanks
August 7th, 2009 11:22pm