I have lately setup a few windows mgmt jumpserver vms, some temporary and some permanent, and when downloading the eval iso from windows, there is a specific process for changing the eval key, and setting a permanent key.This could be quite annoying if you dont change from eval to permanent key.

This is what worked for me:

Windows Eval reg

First , a separate product key is required for each Windows Server Evaluation version. Here are the public keys for Windows Server Evaluation 2019–2022 versions (standard and datacenter).

Windows Server Evaluation 2019 Activation Key

Windows Server201**9* Essentials ***JCKRF-N37P4-C2D82–9YXRT-4M63B

***Windows Server 2019 Standard ***N69G4-B89J2–4G8F4-WWYCC-J464C

***Windows Server 2019 ******Datacenter ***WMDGN-G9PQG-XVVXX-R3X43–63DFG

Windows Server Evaluation 2022 Activation Key

Windows Server***2022 Standard ***VDYBN-27WPP-V4HQT-9VMD4-VMK7H

Windows Server 2022 Azure Edition* NTBV8–9K7Q8-V27C6-M2BTV-KHMXV*

***Windows Server 2022 Datacenter ***WX4NM-KYWYW-QJJR4-XV3QB-6VM33

Customize the process according to your version. Open PowerShell as administrator. Then paste the public key with code below for the standard version and press enter.

DISM /online /Set-Edition:ServerStandard /ProductKey:N69G4-B89J2–4G8F4-WWYCC-J464C /AcceptEula

DISM /online /Set-Edition:ServerDatacenter /ProductKey:WMDGN-G9PQG-XVVXX-R3X43–63DFG /AcceptEula

Change the public key in the **DISM **command according to your version. After the system does this, there will be a restart request, you can restart as Y/N. Press **Y **and Enter.