Downgrad from EE to standard

Trying to save some licensing fees.
Is there an easy way to downgrade from EE to Standard?
Trying to avoid a server rebuild.
TIA,
Joe HellstenHi Joe,
Unfortunately you do have to reinstall SQL Server to downgrade SQL Server from EE to Standard Edition.
Sincerely,
Yih-Yoon Lee [Microsoft]
Microsoft SQL Server Support
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| Trying to avoid a server rebuild.
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