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I currently have a win2003 DHCP server with a scope and many hundred address leases, this DHCP server is being removed for a win2008 that I will manually replicate the scope details onto. Do I need to worry about saving\exporting (?) &nbsp;the 2003 leases or will the clients simply re-request a new DHCP address?
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I currently have a win2003 DHCP server with a scope and many hundred address leases, this DHCP server is being removed for a win2008 that I will manually replicate the scope details onto. Do I need to worry about saving\exporting (?)  the 2003 leases or will the clients simply re-request a new DHCP address?

Replace DHCP Server

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.

Windows Server 2008

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).