Windows Server 2022 Compare

Features	Windows Server 2022 Standard	Windows Server 2022 Datacenter
Best Practices Analyzer	Yes	Yes
Containers	Yes	Yes
Direct Access	Yes	Yes
Dynamic Memory (in virtualization)	Yes	Yes
Hot Add/Replace RAM	Yes	Yes
Hotpatching	No	No
Microsoft Management Console	Yes	Yes
Minimal Server Interface	Yes	Yes
Network Load Balancing	Yes	Yes
Windows PowerShell	Yes	Yes
Server Core installation option	Yes	Yes
Server Manager	Yes	Yes
SMB Direct and SMB over RDMA	Yes	Yes
SMB over QUIC	No	No
Software-defined Networking	No	Yes
Storage Migration Service	Yes	Yes
Storage Replica	Yes, (1 partnership and 1 resource group with a single 2TB volume)	Yes, unlimited
Storage Spaces	Yes	Yes
Storage Spaces Direct	No	Yes
Volume Activation Services	Yes	Yes
VSS integration	Yes	Yes
Windows Server Update Services	Yes	Yes
Windows System Resource Manager	Yes	Yes
Server license logging	Yes	Yes
Inherited activation	As guest if hosted on Datacenter	Can be a host or a guest
Work Folders	Yes	Yes

Server 2022 Standard and Datacenter main differences：

Feature and Function	Windows Server 2022 Standard	Windows Server 2022 Datacenter
Host Guardian Hyper-V Support	No	Yes
Network Controller	No	Yes
Hyper-V	Yes	Yes; including Shielded Virtual Machines
virtualization guest	Yes; 2 virtual machines, plus one Hyper-V host per license	Yes; unlimited virtual machines, plus one Hyper-V host per license
Virtual OSE/Hyper-V isolated Containers	2	Unlimited

We will provide you the Windows Server 2022 Standard Retail Product Key and Windows Server 2022 Standard Retail Edition official download link.

However if you already have installed Windows Server 2022 Standard Evaluation Edition on your server, and dont want to reinstall the OS, here are the instuctions:

How to Convert the Windows Server 2022 Standard Evaluation Edition to Standard Retail Edition:

1. First Check your Windows Server 2022 Edtion, Open CMD as administrator, then type :

dism /online /get-currentedition

2. Then You can check what editions you can upgrade with this command:

dism /online /get-targeteditions

3. Please Run this Command to convert the Windows Server 2022 Standard Evaluation Edition to Windows Server 2022 Standard Retail Edition:
DISM /Online /Set-Edition:ServerStandard/ProductKey:xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx /AcceptEula

4, Type"Y" in the Command to restart the Server , and it will upgrade to Windows Server 2022 Standard Retail Edition for lifetime use.

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