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Copper Contributor

Apr 30, 2025

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Upgrading from 2010

Hello I currently have an Exchange 2010 server running on Server 2008 R2 Standard. I believe the Exchange has been updated with service packs as far as it can go. We have been operating in hybrid ...

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Dan_Snape
May 01, 2025
If you're asking about upgrading from Exchange Server 2010 to Exchange Server 2013, you can't run an in-place upgrade on old Exchange Server. You'll need to build a new server with the later version on it and migrate everything to that new server, then decommission the old 2010 server. I would recommend bypassing Exchange Server 2013 as Exchange Server 2010 and Exchange Server 2016 can co-exist in the same environment.
Use the Exchange Deployment Assistant for detailed informtation https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/exchange-deployment-assistant?view=exchserver-2019

Dan_Snape

Bronze Contributor

May 01, 2025

If you're asking about upgrading from Exchange Server 2010 to Exchange Server 2013, you can't run an in-place upgrade on old Exchange Server. You'll need to build a new server with the later version on it and migrate everything to that new server, then decommission the old 2010 server. I would recommend bypassing Exchange Server 2013 as Exchange Server 2010 and Exchange Server 2016 can co-exist in the same environment.

Use the Exchange Deployment Assistant for detailed informtation https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/exchange-deployment-assistant?view=exchserver-2019