Windows 2012 – Initial Installation

Determine the current Windows 2012 edition:

From an elevated command prompt:

DISM /online /Get-CurrentEdition

Windows 2012 From Evaluation to standard:

DISM /online /Set-Edition:ServerStandard /ProductKey:NB4WH-BBBYV-3MPPC-9RCMV-46XCB /AcceptEula

Windows 2016 From Evaluation to Standard:

dism /online /set-edition:ServerStandard /productkey:WC2BQ-8NRM3-FDDYY-2BFGV-KHKQY /accepteula

Windows 2016 From Evaluation to Datacenter:

Dism /online /Set-Edition:ServerDatacenter /AcceptEula /ProductKey:TMJ3Y-NTRTM-FJYXT-T22BY-CWG3J

Desktop Experience:

From Windows PowerShell

Install-WindowsFeature Desktop-Experience

Will need to activate windows.

Run Sysprep before cloning the machines

note: may be create a script to change ip (asks user for it) change pc name, and join the domain.