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Why it is not possible to "downgrade" from WS DC Azure Edition 2025 b26060 to WS DC 2025 b26085
Hello Windows Server Insider Team,
I tried this now several times but it seems by default that one cannot downgrade from the Azure Edition ISO installed to a regular WS release, even if the WS rele...
- Hi Karl,
Thank you for your question - we currently do not permit "upgrade" in these two cases:
(a) "Datacenter Azure Edition" to "Datacenter" or "Standard"
(b) "Datacenter" to "Standard"
because there is potential loss of features, for example a customer using a feature that is only included in "Datacenter Azure Edition" might lose that feature if they "upgraded" (technically a downgrade) to "Datacenter".
-Rob.
Rob-Hindman
Microsoft
MicrosoftHi Karl,
Thank you for your question - we currently do not permit "upgrade" in these two cases:
(a) "Datacenter Azure Edition" to "Datacenter" or "Standard"
(b) "Datacenter" to "Standard"
because there is potential loss of features, for example a customer using a feature that is only included in "Datacenter Azure Edition" might lose that feature if they "upgraded" (technically a downgrade) to "Datacenter".
-Rob.
Thank you for your question - we currently do not permit "upgrade" in these two cases:
(a) "Datacenter Azure Edition" to "Datacenter" or "Standard"
(b) "Datacenter" to "Standard"
because there is potential loss of features, for example a customer using a feature that is only included in "Datacenter Azure Edition" might lose that feature if they "upgraded" (technically a downgrade) to "Datacenter".
-Rob.