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dogantopkaya
Apr 16, 2020Copper Contributor
Windows Server 2019 to 2016 downgrade
Hello, I upgraded my Windows Server 2012 R2 server to the 2019 standard version. But the CPU usage rate has increased too much. The server is moving very slowly. So I want to downgrade to try the sta...
dogantopkaya
Apr 17, 2020Copper Contributor
Dave Patrick The link you submitted does not say how I will pass 2016. I downloaded the 2016 iso. I have a license, but I don't understand how to downgrade?
Dave Patrick
Apr 17, 2020MVP
You'll need to clean install it. There's no method to downgrade (in-place) the operating system. The cleaner / simpler / much safer method is to clean install it, patch fully and migrate the roles or applications over to it.