If it is a physical server, do you have drivers and firmware updates for the new Windows Server version available?.It is a good thing to run through these tests before the upgrade as well, so you can confirm everything is working correctly. Have some tests ready to check if the application still works after the upgrade.I recommend doing a software inventory and check if the applications and roles are supported. What software and roles are installed on the server and are they supported and working with newer versions of Windows Server.The Windows Server Upgrade Center helps you with a checklist which includes, for example, the following: As an alternative, you can also redeploy the applications on a fresh installation of Windows Server 2019.īefore you start in-place upgrade your servers, make sure you plan your upgrade and make sure you have all the information, to avoid surprises at the end of the migration. Read the specific documentation for your operating system scenario, for example upgrading roles to Windows Server 2016. Not all server roles and applications are supported to be migrated in older versions of Windows Server. Secondly, you will upgrade Windows Server 2012 R2 to Windows Server 2019.First, you upgrade Windows Server 2008 R2 to Windows Server 2012 R2.This means, to upgrade from Windows Server 2008 R2 to Windows Server 2019, you will have two consecutive upgrade processes. You can directly do an in-place upgrade to Windows Server 2019 from Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2012 R2. To help you with Windows Server upgrades, the Windows Server team created Windows Server Upgrade Center, which gives you step-by-step guidance for modernizing your datacenter. You can find more information about Windows Server 2019 installations and upgrades on Microsoft Docs. This blog post covers how you in-place upgrade Windows Server 2008 R2 to Windows Server 2019. There are many ways you can migrate your server applications to a newer version of Windows Server.
If you want to have more information about how to migrate your servers to Azure, check out the Azure migration center. 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 apps or rearchitect your applications. As you know the Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 are out of support on January 14th, 2020.