You will probably use Windows Servers within your inventory as well as some Microsoft applications such as the SQL database. Fortunately, Microsoft has an eval program as well. This allows you to run any software component for 180 days to test it. You can download different software at the following link: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/.

The following two components are likely to be the most interesting:

• Windows Server: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-server-2019
• SQL Server: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-sql-server-2017-rtm

Note that you can download the older versions as well, so if you prefer to stick with Windows Server 2012 R2, you can still download it from the Evaluation Center.