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2016 / 365 On-premise Server License

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Hi all,

We have been using a trial key for Dynamics CRM 2016 that has expired so have the 'Your trial period has expired' site message and need to get a server license key for it.
Due to our struggles to obtain a CRM 2016 server key (can you even buy them anymore?) we were told that if we purchased Dynamics 365 on-premise CAL's then they would be backwards compatible with 2016. However we did not get a separate server license.
I have created a new Windows server, installed CRM 2016 and SQL, and upgraded to 365 on-premise but still have Deployment Manager stating that we need 1 server license (as well as a pro CAL but that's another matter).
Is this just an advisory or will we get the same message 90 or so days later?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

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  • Aric Levin - MVP Profile Picture
    Aric Levin - MVP 30,190 Moderator on at

    Did you have a previous version of Dynamics or is this a first time install?

    For On-Premise you need to have both the Server license and the Client Access License. You cannot run CRM On-Premise without the server license.

    Hope this helps.

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    Community Member on at

    Hi Aric,

    We have a 2011 server license. The project was to upgrade this to 2016. I was going to see if I could find the key and apply it but Windows wants to install updates so out of use for some time.

    Update - Unfortunately the 2011 key is not recognised in 365 on-premise. I'm going to install 2011 and go through the upgrade patch and see if that will resolves the problem.

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