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Installed windows server on a Dell box. Installed fine and activated properly. Needed to run another copy and the license allowed for 2 vms. I installed hyper-v which went fine and then windows 2012 and it went smooth. Installed SQL express for small app in Virtualized window. Now the vm is saying it needs to be activated enter a code. I thought it used the host code according to the license. How does one activate the vm.
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Installed windows server on a Dell box. Installed fine and activated properly. Needed to run another copy and the license allowed for 2 vms. I installed hyper-v which went fine and then windows 2012 and it went smooth. Installed SQL express for small app in Virtualized window. Now the vm is saying it needs to be activated enter a code. I thought it used the host code according to the license. How does one activate the vm.

Windows 2012 server with 2 vms

Windows Server 2012 is the server version of Windows 8 and the successor to Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Server 2012 is the first version of Windows Server to have no support for Itanium-based computers since Windows NT 4.0. Windows Server 2012, now in its second release (Windows Server 2012 Release 2) includes Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter, and does not support IA-32 or IA-64 processors.

Windows Server 2012

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.

Windows Server 2008

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