Windows 2003 r2 upgrade

For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:. Additional notes Upgrades can be performed only between versions of Windows that share the same architecture, such as x86 to x86, x64 to x64, or IA to IA Need more help?

Expand your skills. Get new features first. Was this information helpful? Yes No. Have same problem with MK - 2 Dc's and exchange on member server running windows server The way i understand it is that, i need to run the adprep also to the exchange box member server , before adding a new DC windows Server R2?

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Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. When you say connect what are you trying to do? Join a domain, access a file share, remote desktop etc etc? Aside of that you really need to look at upgrading that server! Bear in mind that R2 is now in extended support and goes EOL in So I would seriously look at a major update. As a quick test, I tried to connect a Win10 machine to a Server share in our lab and it works.