$25 x 12 months add's up to a lot over the years. Everything then stays the same but no longer being billed for the copy of windows. Them into the control panel and onto the servers. But my server provide tells me that people buy SPLA keys all the time and inputs

If no, please reply and tell us the current situation in order to provide further help. If the reply helped you, please remember to accept as answer. I know I can buy windows server 2012 R2, pay for a KVM link and wipe the whole server and install that way but i'll lose 3 years of work and have to reconfigure everything. HugoLeGuern-3496 Hi, Just checking in to see if the information provided was helpful. I use the server to Host about 14 game servers, an 8 person VOIP server, FTP server, and one static website, along with using it as a backup storage for media. It helps accelerate time to value by simplifying your underlying infrastructure and allowing you to reduce cost by taking advantage of industry-standard hardware. What I have done was, Rented the server and then rented the license for the Windows server and installed the OS directly to the system making it the main OS as I didn't need Hyper-V or ESXI, as I just needed a server with the full OS. Windows Server 2012 R2 - is a proven, enterprise-class cloud and datacenter platform that can scale to run your largest workloads while enabling robust recovery options to protect against service outages. I rent a full dedicated server and I am not running any VM's on it. No the $25 a month is just for the Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard 64-bit OS.

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