Windows Server 2012 Essentials upgrade to Windows Server 2012 Standard

I've just upgraded a Windows Server 2012 Essentials to Standard via the Powershell command. The server restarted and is now Standard version. However I've noticed in the services that one particular service fails.
silsvc <Failed to Read Description. Error Code: 2 >
C:\Windows\system32\silsvc.exe
It is set to automatic.
I guess this is part of the essentials license and hasn't been removed. I would like to keep the Essentials Features however on a VM I replicated the same problem but when I removed Essentials features this service also got removed.
Is it ok to just disable this service? because I want to keep the Essentials features. Is it going to cause any issues?

Hello,
What is the procedure to migrate to standard essentials without losing programs?
Can you help me?
actually I have windows server 2012 essentials and I want to upgrade to standard

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