Migrating applications from my Windows server 2008 r2 to Windows server 2012/2016

Prakashraaj V 1 Reputation point
2020-09-28T03:21:26.33+00:00

I have few applications that are running in the Windows server 2008 R2 Sp1 in Azure VM. I want the underlying OS to be updated without affecting the applications.
Since Microsoft doesn't provide support for In-Place update for Azure VMs, I was wondering if there's some other way to do the migration.

Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
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  1. Leon Laude 85,786 Reputation points
    2020-09-28T06:29:52.243+00:00

    Hi @Prakashraaj V ,

    If you're talking about third party applications, then you'll likely need to migrate them manually.

    If you mean Windows roles/features, you could have a look at the Storage Migration Service (SMS) over here:

    Storage Migration Service overview
    https://video2.skills-academy.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/storage-migration-service/overview

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    Leon

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