Upgrading license

Extra Class License Resources. Study for the Extra License Find resources to help you prepare to upgrade to an extra class license. Extra Class Question Pool Check out how you can obtain a copy of the extra class question pool. Find a Test Location Find an in-person ham radio exam location in your area or schedule an online exam.

Become a Volunteer Examiner Serve the Amateur Radio community by administering in-person or online exam sessions. Back to Top Having Trouble? Join ARRL. Upgrading to a General license--which conveys extensive HF privileges—only requires passing a written examination. Once you do, the entire range of operating modes and the majority of the amateur spectrum below 30 MHz become available to you.

The FCC grants exam Element 3 credit to individuals that previously held certain older types of licenses. Find valid forms of Examination Element Credit. Learn More. Find resources to help you prepare to upgrade to a general class license.

Check out how you can obtain a copy of the general class question pool. Below are general guidelines for in-place upgrade paths where Windows Server is already licensed that is, not evaluation :.

You can convert the evaluation version of Windows Server to the retail version. If you have installed the evaluation of Standard edition, you can convert it to the retail version of either the Standard edition or Datacenter edition. Similarly, if you have installed the evaluation of the Datacenter edition, you can only convert it to the retail version of the Datacenter edition. If you haven't already activated Windows, the bottom right-hand corner of the desktop shows the time remaining in the evaluation period.

For releases of Windows Server prior to Starting with version Before you attempt to convert from evaluation to retail, verify that your server is actually running an evaluation version.

To do this, launch an elevated command prompt and run the command slmgr. If the server is running an evaluation version of Windows Server Standard edition or Windows Server Datacenter edition, you can convert it to a retail version as follows:.

From an elevated command prompt or PowerShell session, run the following command to save the Microsoft Software License Terms for Windows Server, which you can then review:. Determine the current edition name by running the command below. The output is an abbreviated form of the edition name, for example Windows Server Datacenter edition is ServerDatacenter :.

Users will have full access to their current plan until you move them to the new one. You'll receive a notification if a credit check is required.

If you don't see any plans on the Upgrade tab, it means your plan can't be upgraded automatically. In some cases, you might be able to resolve the issue so that you can view plans available for upgrade, or you might be able to upgrade or change plans manually, instead.

To upgrade plans automatically, all of your users need to be assigned valid licenses. If you have assigned more licenses than you have purchased, you'll see an alert on the Licenses page that says you have a licensing conflict that needs to be resolved.

Learn how to resolve license conflicts. After you have resolved any licensing conflicts, you should see plans listed on the Upgrade tab. If not, you can change plans manually , or call support. For example, if one of the services has an incident, you won't be able to upgrade until all services are healthy. If you find that a service is not fully provisioned, or you have a service health issue, please wait a few hours for your service to become available, and try again.

If you still have a problem, please call support. Wait until the credit check has been completed before upgrading plans. Credit checks can take up to two working days. You can change plans manually or call support. You can only use the Upgrade tab if all users subscribe to the same plan. For example, if you have two Microsoft Business Standard plans, you won't be able to automatically upgrade one of them to another plan.

If you've paid for your subscription in advance, you might be able to change plans manually. However, you won't receive a credit for unused time remaining on your current subscription if you upgrade plans before the current plan expires.

You can also call support for help. If you have a government or non-profit plan, you can change plans manually or call support for help. You might not see any plans on the Upgrade tab because the service is in the process of upgrading a high volume of plans.