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Thanks for the quick response. I'll try that first thing tomorrow!
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Thanks for the quick response. I'll try that first thing tomorrow!

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Thanks, that worked for me!
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Hi Experts,<br />
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I've got a Windows Server 2012 and a Windows Server 2012 R2 machine. I want to move DHCP from the 2012 to the R2 machine. What is an easy way to do this? <br />
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Can I just configure DHCP on the R2 machine, set the lease time to 1 hour on the old one, and just shut that one down after that?
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Hi Experts,

I've got a Windows Server 2012 and a Windows Server 2012 R2 machine. I want to move DHCP from the 2012 to the R2 machine. What is an easy way to do this? 

Can I just configure DHCP on the R2 machine, set the lease time to 1 hour on the old one, and just shut that one down after that?

Move DHCP to another server

The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is an auto configuration protocol used on IP networks and an extension of the Bootstrap Protocol. DHCP allows for computers to be configured automatically to communicate with each other over an IP network without the need for manual setup by a network administrator. The implementation of DHCP relies on a DHCP server to hand out network configuration information to DHCP-capable clients that request an IP address (and other information required or useful in communicating with other devices on an IP network). In addition to an IP address, common configuration information served over DHCP includes a default gateway, subnet mask and DNS sever(s).

DHCP

Windows Server 2012 is the server version of Windows 8 and the successor to Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Server 2012 is the first version of Windows Server to have no support for Itanium-based computers since Windows NT 4.0. Windows Server 2012, now in its second release (Windows Server 2012 Release 2) includes Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter, and does not support IA-32 or IA-64 processors.