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Join us for our March 9 “Ask Microsoft Anything” chat about Windows Server updates and upgrades. We’ll cover your questions on how to stay more secure by upgrading older servers (2008 and 2012 versio...
EricStarker
Updated Mar 09, 2023
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CharlieFraser
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Mar 09, 2023
In my quest to shut down my remaining Server 2008 R2 servers. In a few instances I can't decommission them. Is it possible to do an in place upgrade to 2012 R2 then 2016 to buy me some time?
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Mar 09, 2023
Note also that some customers move their WS 2008 R2 servers to VMs and run them in Azure IaaS before upgrading them to WS 2012 R2 or WS 2016 or WS 2019. -Rob.