Is LicenseVault legitimate?

Yes. LicenseVault is an independent EU-based reseller of genuine Microsoft retail keys. Every key is first-use or fully transferred and activates against Microsoft's own activation servers. Resale is lawful under the EU exhaustion-of-distribution-rights doctrine established by the Court of Justice of the European Union in case C-128/11 (UsedSoft v Oracle, 2012).

How fast is delivery?

Typical delivery is under 10 minutes, 24/7. The 90-day average is approximately 8 minutes. Keys are released automatically by email after Stripe captures payment.

What is the refund policy?

14-day free return on every purchase under EU Directive 2011/83/EU. Selected category landings offer a 30-day money-back guarantee. If a key ever fails to activate, LicenseVault replaces it free of charge for the lifetime of the product.

Are the keys region-locked?

No. Microsoft retail product keys are not region-locked. A key purchased from LicenseVault activates Windows, Office, Server, SQL or Visual Studio in any Microsoft-supported language and country.

Why is LicenseVault cheaper than the Microsoft Store?

LicenseVault sources surplus retail and unused volume keys through authorised EU resale channels and operates without first-party retail overhead. The keys are identical genuine Microsoft retail product keys — not OEM stickers, not MAK-shared, not grey-market.

Which payment methods are accepted?

Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal, and instant SEPA / bank transfer — all via Stripe (PCI-DSS Level 1, TLS 1.3).

In which languages is LicenseVault available?

The storefront is available in English, Spanish, German and French. Customer support replies in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch and Arabic. The daily magazine publishes in 22 languages.

Vergleich

Windows Server 2022 vs 2025

Windows Server 2022 vs 2025: hotpatching, SMB over QUIC, Active Directory updates, Hyper-V improvements, support timeline and licensing.

Server 2025 launched November 2024 with a fresh 10-year support runway through 2034. The headline features are hotpatching (no-reboot security updates), SMB over QUIC for branch offices, Active Directory schema improvements and Hyper-V GPU partitioning.

Licensing is unchanged — still per-core in 16-core minimum packs, still Standard/Datacenter/Essentials. Same CAL model.

Im direkten Vergleich

Merkmal	Windows Server 2022	Windows Server 2025
Mainstream support ends	Oct 2026	Oct 2029
Extended support ends	Oct 2031	Oct 2034
Hotpatching (no-reboot updates)	Azure only	Subscription on Azure Arc machines
SMB over QUIC (port-443 file shares)	Datacenter / Azure	Standard + Datacenter
Active Directory: 32k-page DB	—	✓
Hyper-V GPU partitioning (GPU-P)	—	✓
Storage Replica	Datacenter unlimited	Datacenter unlimited
Licensing model	Per core, 16-min	Per core, 16-min