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I have a windows server 2008 enterprise (not R2). &nbsp; Is it possible to migrate this server to 2008 enterprise R2 with out a lot of issues? &nbsp; We are having some issues with features that R2 provides that we currently don't have. &nbsp; Also, windows 10 and windows 8 will join a R2 domain without locking out APPS which is currently one of our main issues.
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I have a windows server 2008 enterprise (not R2).   Is it possible to migrate this server to 2008 enterprise R2 with out a lot of issues?   We are having some issues with features that R2 provides that we currently don't have.   Also, windows 10 and windows 8 will join a R2 domain without locking out APPS which is currently one of our main issues.

server 2008 enterprise to server 2008 r2 upgrade/migration

The Microsoft Server topic includes all of the legacy versions of the operating system, including the Windows NT 3.1, NT 3.5, NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 and Windows Home Server versions.

Microsoft Server OS

This topic area includes legacy versions of Windows prior to Windows 2000: Windows 3/3.1, Windows 95 and Windows 98, plus any other Windows-related versions including Windows Mobile.

Windows OS

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.