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Windows Server® 2012 Unleashed
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Windows Server® 2012 Unleashed

by Rand Morimoto, Michael Noel, Guy Yardeni, Omar Droubi, Andrew Abbate, Chris Amaris
September 2012
Intermediate to advanced
1680 pages
88h 3m
English
Sams
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Comparing the In-Place Upgrade Versus New Hardware Migration Methods

Because of the changes in Windows Server 2012, the in-place upgrade path is limited to servers using Windows Server 2008 R2 only. Although it might be tempting to simply upgrade Windows Server 2008 R2 servers in place, often it is more appealing to simply introduce newer systems into an existing environment and retire the current servers from production. This technique normally has less impact on current environments and can also support fallback more easily.

Determining which migration strategy to use depends on one additional factor: the condition of the current hardware environment. If Windows Server 2003/2008 R2 is taxing the limitations of the hardware in use, it might ...

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