Microsoft explains in-place upgrades from Windows Server 2008 R2 to Windows Server 20

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The end of support for Windows 7 Service Pack 1 in January 2020 marks the end of support for Windows Server 2008 R2 as well; like customers who run Windows 7 on devices, customers who run the Server pendant need to decide what to do about it.

One option that Microsoft customers have is to use the in-place upgrade to upgrade to a version of Server that is supported. The path may not be the most appropriate for some uses cases as it involves several upgrades and not just a single Server 2008 R2 to Server 2019 upgrade.

Microsoft published a detailed guide on using the in-place upgrade route to upgrade devices running Windows Server 2008 R2. The company wants customers to upgrade to Windows Server 2019 but it is certainly possible to upgrade to an older but still supported version of Server instead.

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