Server Role Migrations

Included in Windows Server 2012 are tools and guidance that help administrators migrate server roles to Windows Server 2012 server systems. The supported migration paths are as follows:

Active Directory Domain Services—The migration from Active Directory 2003 and Active Directory 2008 / 2008R2 to Active Directory 2012 is fully supported and covered in Chapter 16 of this book.

DNS and DHCP migrations—New migration tools are available that help administrators migrate their DNS and DHCP servers from running on previous versions of Windows to servers running Windows Server 2012, and not only just the service configurations, but also DNS and DHCP data. In the past, the migration of DHCP to a new server usually meant the ...

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