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Upgrade of server 2008 r2 / 2012 to 2019
Hi Ancil,
I have the same opinion as Dave regarding the inplace upgrade, that makes absolutely no sense and will> 90% not go well either.
Regarding the licenses, however, I have a different opinion than Dave. If you have valid licenses for the 2019 server, you do not need any additional licenses for the intermediate steps. In the case of volume licenses, this is 100% because you also acquire the right of use for the older versions when you purchase the volume licenses. This point is disputed for OEM licenses because MS does not explicitly provide for downgrade rights in the EULA. On the other hand, the MS-EULA has only a very limited legal validity depending on the country.
Regards from Germany
Alex
Hi Dave,
Dave Patrick wrote:
Legal licensing issues cannot be resolved by anonymous forums users.
how can I please understand this saying now?
Hopefully by anonymous you don't mean me.
Otherwise I would recommend you to google something or look in the Microsoft partner directory. 😉
Regards from Germany
Alexander Fuchs
IT System Admiral
IT Technology Senior Evangelist
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NEXT GENERATION IT SOLUTIONS
Hopefully by anonymous you don't mean me.
Not specifically but the forums do not provide any method for a given user validation or authentication. You can say here in forums that you're Steve Ballmer but who really knows? So yes all forums users are anonymous, but this topic is completely off in the weeds. The technical answer is what applies here.