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Karl-WE's avatar
Apr 06, 2024

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 release has a newer build. Will you consider this?

One can do so but the "upgrade" will not allow keeping files and I wonder why and if this could be technically solved.

Use cases:

- Customers accidently have installed Azure Edition

- Customers have to migrate off from Azure or Azure Stack HCI to regular Windows Server edition.

 

  • 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.
  • 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.

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