Server 2008 R2 is not on yet... Server 2008 R2 is not on dreamspark yet. Keys from old Server 2008 won't work on R2. Or do your Vista Keys work on Win7? So please wait until R2 is there on dreamspark. Greetings Smithy
i have got the key, it worked on which i download from dreamspark site, of course r2 version is different.
I updated the main post, yes ladies and gentlemen Server 2008 R2 is not yet on Dreamspark and the keys will not work for R2. It should be within a month or so on the site.
You forgot to mention that thiis key will only work with Server 2008 Standard, as it's a retail Server 2008 Standard
Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard is available in Dreamspark, wondering the same method will work or not Edit: WOW the method is working Grab it ASAP
Good news - it is working fine, Bad news - It is a MAK key with only one activation which is obviously of no use.
What's bad?! Just grab another key with another account or as many as you need or use phone to activate more than 1 time with the same key... If it's MAK, then you can activate Enterprise as well.
Ofcourse, I know, But you cannot do the phone activation if you made any changes to your hardware Also creating more keys using VPN or Proxy is not a good idea.
You don't need (Chinese) VPN or Proxy anymore - since spring of this year it works fine with any IP, at least for me, just have spent about 3 hours to get 14 live accounts (most annoying part) and 14 keys for R2 along with keys for s2k8, s2k3 and VS2008.
2008 r2 comes Dreamspark Windows Server 2008 R2 Ent/Std MAK key is available in Dreamspark, you can check the sticky thread and follow the same which was explained in there. Note: Server 2008 R2 MAK key will let you activate only one time over online and you can do phone activation after that.
Well I've tried and tried for two days to get a key, is it still working or is it me?, just keep getting page loading error, if any one is still getting this to work and has a spare it would be gratefully received! Ta UPDATE Finally got it to work for myself!!!! Cheers all.