I’ve previously dealt with a lot of migrations, and we already have a few HyperV farms we’ve setup, as well as VMWare incuding in house , but I’ve never really heard that an in place upgrade might leave instability? If the license keys of the versions being updated have not expired when you migrate, the application automatically accepts the them and activates. I manage a lot of small business networks 40 plus, up to 50 staff in size , with a massive variety of infrastructures, using cloud, virtualisation, or not as the case may be. The product was released to manufacturing on August 1, along with Windows 8 and became generally available on September 4, that year. Guest environment. Also you made no mention about replacing the license which would also be required to be legal.
 
 

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From previous experience, SBS migrations from – can take up to about 40 hours even with things going completely according to plan. So whilst this shouldn’t be as complex, to launch into a migration I’ve never heard of anyone doing, without first checking on others’ experiences or whether it’s feasible at all, would be pretty unprofessional.

Server R2 Foundations was upgradeable to R2 standard. I see no reason why R2 foundations couldn’t be upgraded to standard. Brand Representative for Microsoft. When it comes to Servers I never suggest upgrading. By upgrading a server you can lead to instability and other issues. Always replace the server. Besides with virtualization it makes this process that much easier. Lastly look at implementing virtualization for your client so you have greater flexibility. Hyper-v, for example, is free to download and use:.

Your idea on the downgrade rights seems good from looking around – but it seems the downgrade rights only defintitley available via VLK or SA licensing. Please refer to the FPP license terms for complete details. I’ve previously dealt with a lot of migrations, and we already have a few HyperV farms we’ve setup, as well as VMWare incuding in house , but I’ve never really heard that an in place upgrade might leave instability?

Although I could understand with a more complex setup? This is a small business with a single server Foundation setup, so very simple AD with very few roles installed. The extra costs and time involved in a migration for this customer, over a stick DVD in, install and reboot upgrade, would be substantial.

This work is an addendum to other major work being done on their other site, so we are trying to keep costs under control. That’s the same thing you would be doing, except you are doing it on their only server, so if the in place upgrade fails, you’re going to end up in a canoe on excrement river without a paddle. Your risk is much higher doing in place upgrades than a migration. And if they are that small, why do they need an onsite server?

I’ve never really heard that an in place upgrade might leave instability? You are more likely to run into issues when you upgrade a server. I would never recommend in place upgrade. Instead migrate, then you always have something to fall back on if needed.

Perhaps I am misunderstanding you then because it should be nothing to migrate to a new server while keeping the old one up. Their is no migration path from 08 foundations to standard. If this is a client with a single server then why do they need Standard anyway? Why couldn’t you migrate to essentials? That would be more cost effective for the client. I’m sorry but I’m not understanding the business case behind your project.

Perhaps more information about the project would help? I’ve another comment awaiting moderation, which never popped up.

I understand this completely, and for other clients similar things have been done, but this client is a SMALL BUSINESS, and dropping several thousand on a new server and extra labour required for migration, on top of other bigger work going on, is a non starter right this second. An upgrade, assuming possible, is a 1 – 2 hour process on existing hardware.

We have solid local backups and can easily test restore the latest to a HyperV VM before starting. I don’t want to sound cheeky or get into a debate, but I’m not asking you to examine my business case.

To create a system image, you can use the professional Windows backup software , MiniTool ShadowMaker. It is designed to back up the system by default. Besides, you can use it to back up files, disks, and partitions. Just download it by following the button below. Now get its trial edition by clicking the following download button and install it on your Windows Server.

Free Download. When going to the Backup tab , you can see this software backs up the system by default. You only need to choose a destination to store the system image. If you need to back up files, go to Source to choose items that you want to back up and go to Destination to select a storage path.

This post provides useful methods. Now that you have completed the prerequisites you can perform the upgrade. In this section, you will use Windows Server Setup to choose upgrade settings. Windows Server Setup will use these settings to upgrade your version of Windows Server, during which time your computer will restart several times. Follow the guide below:. Then open setup. Depending on your security settings, User Account Control may prompt you to allow setup to make changes to your device.

If you’re happy to continue select Yes. Step 2: By default, the setup will automatically download updates for the installation. After checking the default settings, click Next to continue.

If you don’t want Setup to automatically download updates, you can select Change how Setup downloads updates and choose the option appropriate to your environment, then select Next.

Step 4: Select the edition of Windows Server you want to install, then select Next. Step 5: Review the applicable notices and license terms, if you agree to the terms, select Accept. Step 6: Select Keep personal files and apps to choose to do an in-place upgrade, then select Next. Step 7: After Setup finishes analyzing your device, the setup will display the Ready to install screen, to continue the upgrade select Install.

The in-place upgrade will start, and you should see a progress bar. After the upgrade finishes, your server will restart. After the upgrade to Windows Server is done, you must make sure the upgrade was successful. To make sure your upgrade was successful:. Step 1: Open an elevated PowerShell prompt , and run the following command to verify the version and edition match the media and values you selected during setup.

In this case, we can purchase either 50 CAL licenses to cover the 50 users we have or alternatively 25 DAL licenses to cover the total amount of workstations that need to access the server. In this scenario, purchasing DALs is a more cost effective solution. If however we had 10 users with a total of 20 devices , e. Windows Server Foundation is available to OEMs Original Equipment Manufacturers only and therefore can only be purchased at the time of purchasing a n new hardware server.

Windows Foundation edition supports up to 15 users. In addition, Foundation edition owners cannot upgrade to other editions. The Essential edition of server is available to OEMs with the purchase of new hardware and also at retail stores. The user limit of this server edition is 25 and device limit is This means that a maximum of 25 users amongst 50 computers can access the Windows Server Essentials edition.

For example, you have 20 users rotating randomly amongst 25 computers accessing the Server Essentials edition, without any problem. A common question at this point is what if the organization expands and increases its users and computers?

In these cases Microsoft provides an upgrade path allowing organizations to upgrade to the Windows Server Standard or Datacenter edition license and perform an in-place license transition. Once the transition is complete, the user limitation, and other features are unlocked without requiring migration or reinstallation of the server. Companies upgrading to a higher edition of Windows Server should keep in mind that it will be necessary to purchase the required amount of CALs or DALs according to their users or devices.

Administrators will be happy to know that it is also possible to downgrade the Standard edition of Server to the Essentials edition. For example, it is possible to run Essential edition of Server as virtual machine utilizing one of two available virtual instances in Standard edition as shown in the figure below.

This eliminates the needs to purchase Essential edition of Server Download Now! Unlike Windows Server Essentials non-R2 , you can now run a single instance of a virtual machine.

The server licensing rights have been expanded, allowing you to install an instance of Essentials on your physical server to run the Hyper-V role with none of the other roles and features of the Essentials Experience installed , and a second instance of Essentials as a virtual machine VM on that same server with all the Essentials Experience roles and features. Definition of a socket is a CPU or physical processor. Logical cores are not counted as sockets.