This can be a good option for some who may already have a presence in Azure and who want the simplicity of rehosting the same exact server inside Azure. Not only do you get three more years of updates and support, but it is free aside from the Azure cost. If you migrate these on-premises workloads to Azure, you will get another three years of extended security updates. Microsoft is dangling a carrot in front of businesses that may have production workloads still running inside Windows Server 2008/2008 R2 deployments. Migrating on-premises Windows Server 2008/2008 R2 server to Azure Migrate your on-premises Windows Server 2008/2008 R2 server to Azure.

What are these options? When does an in-place upgrade make the most sense? The following are viable options for moving your production services and data to a supported version of Microsoft Windows Server:

To take a step back for a moment, there are a few options to get from Windows Server 2008/2008 R2 to a supported version of Windows Server. Windows Server 2008/2008 R2 migration options

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