Has anyone had any luck turning the eval copy into a live version once purchased through MS licensing?
SCVMM does not require a key. To go from Eval to RTM you will need to uninstall the eval version (using the retain data option) and reinstall the RTM version.
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/virtualmachinemanager/thread/16f7423d-3640-406c-9904-bdafb6cac0c5