Upgrade Process

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SQL Server Upgrade in place - 2012 to 2014 running SP 2013 On Prem
Is it possible to do an in place upgrade of SQL Server 2012 to 2014. The SQL Server is currently hosting a SP 2013 farm. If the answer is yes what are the main steps to ensure SP is fully functional post upgrade.
MarkFerrero
Aug 03, 2022 Place SharePoint
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Question about product key after windows inplace upgrade
Good morning, I have a windows server 2012R2 Standard license: WINDOWS SERVER 2012R2STDROK2CPU / 2VM LENOVO with related product key System is ok and active, all goes fine. I am now attempting to do an inplace upgrade to Windows 2019 server Standard, as the license should also be valid for this product. The inplace upgrade process goes fine but at the end Windows 2019 server is not activated. If I try to activate it, the PRODUCT KEY (of WIN SRV2012R2) is considered invalid: I also tried with this command: DISM /online /Set-Edition:ServerStandard /ProduckKey:XXXXXXXXX /AcceptEula but I catch an error: ERROR: 87 (invalid product key). What I'm missing? Is not possibile to do an inplace upgrade from 2012R2 to 2019 with ROK license? Thank you...
giuseppe_milani_it
Apr 15, 2022 Place Windows Server for IT Pro
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Builtin "AD replication" search not work after upgrade
Hi. We have OMS AD Replication Status solution, after the workspace upgrade, the solution shows generic visual information but when we want to search for more detailed info, all standard queries included break with an error like "A recognition error occurred. Token: "5". Position: 175." One of the searchs: ADReplicationResult | summarize arg_max(TimeGenerated, *) by SourceServer, DestinationServer, PartitionName, TenantId | where LastSyncResult != 0 and "PercentOfTSLRange == "Over 100 % TSL"" | sort by TimeGenerated desc That piece of search code: where LastSyncResult != 0 and "PercentOfTSLRange == "5-25 % TSL"" The error is just before the bold letters. I've just now changed it to: where LastSyncResult != 0 and (PercentOfTSLRange == "5-25 % TSL") And it works, but I don't know if it is the best option, and I don't know why these "standard queries" included in the different solutions don't get correctly translated. Thanks in advance. Regards, Héctor
Héctor García de Llano González
Apr 07, 2022 Place Azure Observability
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Upgrading 2012 R2 to 2019 Domain Controller / DFRS / DNS / DHCP
Hi All, Looking for some advice been a while since I have had to do an upgrade of the domain controllers but I just want to get people advice on the plan I have put in place to do this: Current setup is as follows: Domain Controller Operating System Functional Level FRS / DFRS Other Functions ROLE DC1 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (64-bit) Windows Server 2012 R2 FRS DNS / DHCP PDC / RID POOL MANAGER DC2 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (64-bit) Windows Server 2012 R2 FRS DNS / DHCP DC3 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (64-bit) Windows Server 2012 R2 FRS DNS / DHCP SCHEMA MASTER / DOMAIN NAMING MASTER DC4 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (64-bit) Windows Server 2012 R2 FRS DNS / DHCP INFRASTRUCTURE MASTER The aim is to upgrade all servers to 2019 and upgrade their functional level to 2016R2 and also if possible or easier keep the existing IP's and Names. Things I need to try and avoid if possible: - No downtime (or minimal) - No impact on live services if possible i.e clients etc - In place upgrading So In terms of the high level plan it was as follows: - Upgrade/Migrate to DFRS on all existing DC's - Create 4 new servers running 2019 i.e DCNEW1, DCNEW2, DCNEW3, DCNEW4 install Active directory and add as a DC Member - Migrate the FSMO Roles to the corresponding new server i.e DC1 > DCNEW1 DC2 > DCNEW2 etc etc - Migrate DHCP / DNS to an other server - Demote the old DC's from AD - Rename / Re-IP the new DC's to the old DC's name and IP address. (I believe I will need to demote the new DCs i.e DCNEW1 and move the FSMO Roles to another server, rename and re-ip the DC to DC1 give it the same ip address, add it as a DC member and then move the FSMO roles back onto it and then repeat this process for each other DC) Some questions i have: Do I really need to upgrade to DFRS 1st ?? or can this be avoided? In a very high level plan, does this sound about right? or am I overthinking or missing anything. Is there a much slicker way to achieve my goal? In order to move a DHCP server I recall just exporting the DHCP scopes exporting/importing using "netsh dhcp server export C:\dhcp.txt all" If I want to move DNS is there anything else i need to consider other than installing the DNS Role? How would anyone else approach this? Help appreciated! Thanks
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Samuel_Caunt
Oct 25, 2021 Place Windows Server for IT Pro
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SHA-2 signing enforcement on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Defender ATP running on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008R2 is moving to exclusively use SHA-2 signing, which will help drive greater security for our customers.
Tomer_Hevlin
Sep 11, 2020 Place Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Blog
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Understanding deployment and upgrade logs
Can someone help me find the resources to really understand Windows upgrade logs? What I find on Technet starts off pretty good, with an explanation of error codes and "some" https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/upgrade/resolution-procedures#0x800xxxxx , but in the end it's not detailed enough to do error-digging. I am looking for an error code like ---------------------------------- 0x80070005-0x5000F ---------------------------------- 0x8 is a Win32 error 7 is the device 0005 is Access denied ---- 0x5 is SP_EXECUTION_UNINSTALL 0F is SP_EXECUTION_OP_ADD_UNATTEND Especially that last part: what is it about? And what are these procedures below trying to access? Boot sector? --------------------------------- 2019-01-03 09:24:21, Error SP CSetupPlatform::SuspendAndRelease: Error creating the Setup Platform key. Error: 0x80070005 ----------------------------------
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pfschel
Jan 27, 2019 Place Windows deployment
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Upgrading from Windows Server 2016 to 2019
Is Windows Server 2019 considered a safe upgrade from Windows Server 2016? Is it like installing a new build in Windows 10 (e.g. going from 1703 to 1709)? or is it more substantial than that? traditionally we haven't done in-place upgrades of Server OS, but wondered if 2019 is different, and more like a build upgrade than an OS upgrade? And is there instructions for doing an upgrade of 2016 to 2019?
jrauman
Sep 15, 2018 Place Windows Server Insiders
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Updating Skype DBs on a shared SQL server
Hi, My Skype DBs are on a shared SQl server. I am getting ready to go to the latest CU. When it comes time to update the DBs, can I just run the Install-CsDatabase -Update -ConfiguredDatabases -SqlServerFqdn <SQL Server FQDN> command without all the preceding steps of stop-cswindowsservice, stop w3svc, etc? Seems kind of silly to stop those services when the SQL server with the DBs does not have any CsServices installed? Also, there are not any mirroring or always on services running on the SQL server either. Thanks
Rich Bashaw
Mar 12, 2018 Place Skype for Business IT Pro
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