There are two modernization paths available.
Windows small business server 2008 upgrade paths.
Also provides upgrade considerations for server core installations of windows server 2008.
For example if your server is running windows server 2012 r2 you can upgrade it to windows server 2016 or windows server 2019.
Upgrade windows server 2008 and windows server 2008 r2.
Cluster os rolling upgrade.
For step by step guidance on upgrading review the windows server upgrade content.
Because of this we do not migrate the ca in this guide but for most smb s this is not an issue because they don t use it.
Extended support for windows server 2008 and windows server 2008 r2 is ending on january 14 2020.
Customer will need to upgrade their windows server 2008 and windows server 2008 r2 to a newer version of windows server or migrate these servers to microsoft azure and get three years of extended security support for free which will give you more time to upgrade your servers redeploy your.
No a direct path from the version of the certification authority in sbs 2008 to the version in windows server 2016 is not possible.
As you know the windows server 2008 and windows server 2008 r2 are out of support on january 14th 2020.
While windows server essentials is the natural upgrade path from smal business server the fact that this customer already has two servers deployed and should have two servers deployed well actually a dc sql rds environment ought to have three servers you might also consider investing in windows server 2012 standard edition as a hyper v server which will give you the two virtual.
Why upgrade to windows server 2008.
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If you haven t upgraded from server 2003 to server 2008 here s the how to you ve been waiting for.
Today i m going to show you how to prepare for a server upgrade and how to perform it.
I ll also tell you why you need to upgrade your server to 2008.
On premises upgrade or migration by rehosting in azure.