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We are currently running Windows server 2003 Standard edition and its also a file server. We are struggling at the moment with users saving music and videos on the server. We found that WIndows 2003 Server standard and Enterprise R2, can help us with the Resource Manager. Is there a way to upgrade our standard edition to standard edition R2 or enterprise R2. Or do we need to just do a clean installation.<br />
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You help would be needed urgently
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We are currently running Windows server 2003 Standard edition and its also a file server. We are struggling at the moment with users saving music and videos on the server. We found that WIndows 2003 Server standard and Enterprise R2, can help us with the Resource Manager. Is there a way to upgrade our standard edition to standard edition R2 or enterprise R2. Or do we need to just do a clean installation.

You help would be needed urgently

Upgrading Windows server 2003 standard to R2

Active Directory (AD) is a Microsoft brand for identity-related capabilities. In the on-premises world, Windows Server AD provides a set of identity capabilities and services, and is hugely popular (88% of Fortune 1000 and 95% of enterprises use AD). This topic includes all things Active Directory including DNS, Group Policy, DFS, troubleshooting, ADFS, and all other topics under the Microsoft AD and identity umbrella.

Active Directory

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).