OEM licenses are tied to a specific hardware vendor. Windows 7 uses three types of license: the OEM license, the retail license, and the volume license. I will post another blog on how to upgrade of domain controller running on windows server 2008 r2 to windows server 2012.Understand different Windows 7 licensing options.ĭescribe licensing options for virtual clients.Įstimated lesson time: 40 minutes Windows 7 Editions and Licensing Note: my existing server 2008 is in workgroup do not consider this post to upgrade your domain controller to windows server 2012. In this blog, I will show you how to upgrade a windows server 2008 R2 Standard to Windows Server 2012 Standard. It required 1.4 GHz 64-bit processor, Ram 512 MB, 32 GB Hard Disk space, CD/DVD Drive, Super VGA (800×600) or higher resolution monitor, keyboard, and mouse. Windows Server 2012 minimum requirement is 16 GB to 32 GB of disk space. Let’s have a look at hardware requirements for upgrading Windows server to windows server 2012. Upgrade From Windows Server 2012 Standard Windows Server 2012 Datacenter Server 2008 Standard SP2 Yes Yes Server 2008 Enterprise SP2 Yes Yes Server 2008 Datacenter SP2 No Yes Web Server 2008 Yes No Server 2008 R2 Standard SP1 Yes Yes Server 2008 R2 Enterprise SP1 Yes Yes Server 2008 R2 Datacenter SP1 No Yes Web Server 2008 R2 Yes No I have created an upgrade table which shows whether you can upgrade to windows server 2012 with your present operating system. If I were to upgrade my existing windows server 2008 R2 Standard server to windows server 2012 I would first choose the edition and then I need to check the upgrade paths.
Before we start and deploy Windows Server 2012, let’s first have a look at the editions of Windows Server 2012.
While selecting the Server edition makes sure you select the edition that fits your requirements.
In this blog, we will see how to upgrade Windows Server 2008 R2 to Windows Server 2012.
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