Server 2003/2008/2008 R2 migration to Server 2016/2019

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Heads up for those that are looking to migrate serversin the next few months.

 

Microsoft have started to publise a simple migration tool, so check it out

 

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/storage-migration-service/overview

 

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/storage-migration-service/faq

 

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/storage-migration-service/migrate-data

 

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/storage-migration-service/known-issues

 

https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2019/12/migrate-windows-server-2008-r2-to-2019-with-storage-migration/

 

DISCLAIMER: I would always advise a clean fresh install of any server instead of any in place upgrade. Please read the FAQ's and all documentation to decide whether this service is going to work for your server migration. Always try anything like this on a closed environment first, away from your production servers.