Finally, if you are running VMM 2012 R2 with update rollup 9 or later, you can upgrade to VMM 2016. As VMM 2016 requires a minimum Windows Server 2016, you will need to upgrade the OS beforehand. Note that you can choose either Core or Windows Server full installation with desktop experience. The following steps describe in-place upgrading VMM 2012 R2 to VMM 2016 and also highlight VMM database moving required for installation on a different machine as well:
- First, you need to check if update rollup 9 or later is installed on VMM Server. To determine whether update rollup 9 has been applied, open the Programs and Features item in Control Panel, then click View Installed Updates and in the Search box type ...