http://developers.de/blogs/damir_dobric/archive/2014/12/18/what-to-do-when-the-scom-license-expires.aspxIn this post , support describes following procedure to renew the license. These steps (se bellow-copied from named post) basically describe how to enter the valid key and renew the license: Open PowerShell as an administrator. Load the OperationsManagerenCommunityServer 2008 SP1 (Build: 30619.63)