How to Find Your Microsoft SQL Server Product or License Key

Lost your Microsoft SQL Server license key? No worries!

This guide will help you quickly recover your Microsoft SQL Server activation/serial key using multiple methods.

Find SQL Server License Key in Order Email

Often you can find most of your softwares license key in the order email.

Follow the steps below to search for SQL Server key in your email,

• Step 1. Login to your email inbox (used for ordering software)
• Step 2. Search for emails having “SQL Server license” or “SQL Server activation”
• Step 3. Now check in each found email to see if it has license key of your SQL Server software

Find Microsoft SQL Server License Key in Registry

Another way is to look for license keys in Windows Registry. Like most softwares, SQL Server also stores activation key and other registration details in Registry.

Below is the Registry location where you can find SQL Server software activation key

[Windows 32-bit]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\[version]\Registration\
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\[version]\DTS\Setup\
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\[version]\Tools\Setup\
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\[version]\Tools\ClientSetup\
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\[version]\ProductID\

[Windows 64-bit]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\[version]\Registration\
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\[version]\DTS\Setup\
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\[version]\Tools\Setup\
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\[version]\Tools\ClientSetup\
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\[version]\ProductID\

Here are simple steps to locate your SQL Server serial key in Registry,

• Step 1. Open Registry Editor (start menu -> search -> type regedit)
• Step 2. After it opens, on the left side navigate to above Registry key location.
• Step 3. Next, on the right side pane, you will find item named ‘DigitalProductID‘ containing the encoded version of activation key.

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