Hi I have build 20344.1 and tried to do an in place upgrade to the release eval build, but there is no option to keep files and settings (it is greyed out). I then tried to download build 22463 and carry out an in place upgrade to this build, which does have the option to keep files and setting. However when the update screen starts (blue screen with update progress) it fails immediately after few seconds, with a pop up that just says installation failed. Can anyone help with this? Thanks

Thanks, investigating with our internal upgrade subject matter expert.

Has no one had this problem? I do not want to rebuild the system each time we try the new build. Can anyone please help how they managed to carry out an in place update with a newer build please. Thanks.

You can perform a build-to-build upgrade within the same version, for example, for pre-release builds of Windows Server 2022. Windows Server 2022 has released. Now we have moved on to the next version of Windows Server. I don't believe you can upgrade from a pre-release version of WS2022 to a pre-release version of VNext. Once you have your first build of VNext installed, you should be able to perform B2B upgrades again.

Thank you for your reply. SO I am currently running with a preview build 20344.1. The release build is the evaluation build. Trying to perform an in-place update to this evaluation build did not give me the options to keep files and settings. I assume it will make no difference if I create boot media to perform the installation rather than mounting the ISO?Is there any build that will let me update while keeping the setup? Thanks

I don't think you can go directly from 20344.1 to 22463. You should be able to upgrade from 20344.1 to 20348 which was the Windows Server 2022 final build. The final build was never released to Insiders. It is available on the Microsoft Evaluation Center, or on Visual Studio Subscriptions for free if you have a subscription there. The VSS build would not be an evaluation build so if you can get it there, I would recommend that. Once you have 20348 you should be able to upgrade to 22463. I haven't run into this particular situation before, so I'm not positive, but that approach may be your best shot.

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VTank
Copper Contributor
Oct 05, 2021
Has no one had this problem? I do not want to rebuild the system each time we try the new build. Can anyone please help how they managed to carry out an in place update with a newer build please. Thanks.
- Mary Hoffman
  Microsoft
  Oct 05, 2021
  You can perform a build-to-build upgrade within the same version, for example, for pre-release builds of Windows Server 2022. Windows Server 2022 has released. Now we have moved on to the next version of Windows Server. I don't believe you can upgrade from a pre-release version of WS2022 to a pre-release version of VNext. Once you have your first build of VNext installed, you should be able to perform B2B upgrades again.
  - VTank
    Copper Contributor
    Oct 05, 2021
    Thank you for your reply. SO I am currently running with a preview build 20344.1. The release build is the evaluation build. Trying to perform an in-place update to this evaluation build did not give me the options to keep files and settings. I assume it will make no difference if I create boot media to perform the installation rather than mounting the ISO?
    Is there any build that will let me update while keeping the setup? Thanks

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