Licenses to use that software in production must be acquired separately from MSDN. Product key used to activate that software, where applicable, can be from MSDN, even though the Is generally limited to development and testing. Server: PowerEdge R415 OS: Windows Server 2008 R2 I have the image of the license keys. We cannot seem to find the original media that (probably) came with the PowerEdge server. Normal licenses must be acquired for this use (such as a Windows Server license and Client Access Licenses) because the MSDN license is per user and Where can I find the DVD/ISO image of the OS that came with the server. Often, it is more expedient to deploy a server running a fully-tested application directly into production.

If you need the SQL 2008 R2 media, I think you can contact Microsoft and request media for a downgrade install.Īlternatively, if you are an MSDN member, you can use MSDN media with your production license for the production deployment: Using Software Sourced from MSDN but SQL Server 2012 Quick Reference Licensing Guide SQL 2012 licenses have version downgrade rights, as explained here:

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