This.
Windows Server eval: the 180-day treadmill
I run a small host in Barcelona, we stopped offering Windows entirely because of licensing costs. Customers who need it go to Azure or AWS. The margin is impossible for small providers unless you do eval, and we are not doing that.
Richard7 said:
Production database on a rearm chain? That is just asking for trouble honestly
Yes I agree. I tell my friend many times. But he is... how you say... stubborn? His database is still running, five years. I do not understand it. I only help with rearm script, I do not host myself.
Did anyone mention that the 180 days is per rearm, not total? You can rearm up to three times on standard eval, so 720 days total officially. After that you need other tricks.