I have a client that someone installed the enterprise 2008 sql server evaluation edition on a production server. We just found out about this issue a couple of days ago. Yesterday we ordered SQL server 2008 standard edition from dell through volume licensing. Today dell told us that they were not sure how soon the fulfillment on this would happen. I have in the last few hours talked with Microsoft Volume Licensing and Pro Support. Volume licensing worked hard to find a way to expedite the order or find a work around for us on the server to keep the evaluation edition running for a bit longer to make sure it doesn't turn itself off before we can install the full version we have purchased. They refereed us to Pro Support when they were unable to find a fix. Pro support sent us to a few weblinks that didn't address the issue and then told us to post our question here as they were unable to help us.
Is there anyway to extend the trial version by a few days to give us a bit of a grace period to allow the fullfulment on our Full Version SQL Server 2008 standard to show up?
I very much would appreciate any help that anyone can give me on this issue. If the evaluation license expires before we install the upgrade it will shut my client down cold as in out of business.
Thank you,
Scott Carle
Carle Enterprises, Inc.