Or the other way around. But with Windows Server there is a way to convert the installed edition. Windows Server enables you to convert the edition from standard or datacenter to datacenter or standard. It will not harm anything you already installed in the server or the data resides. There are a few sequence commands you need to run. However, depending on the environment this process will take 1 to 6 hours and require a system restart to complete.
With this article, I will explain step by step on how to convert Windows Server standard to a datacenter edition. You can also do a datacenter to standard. Check for Notes end of this article for KMS client setup keys. This will take time depending on your server configurations.
It can be lengthy as 3 hours sometime. If you are waited and waited for hours with no progress, you can restart the server and check again the edition. Most of the time restart will solve this. However, my advice is to wait at least 4 hours before doing that. After everything successful you can see the following notification of success. Then restart the server. KMS client setup keys are generic keys which are publicly available by Microsoft.
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