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Can I do the move in working hours ?
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It's advisable not to, but as long as the move is clean there isn't any downtime.... However.... If it goes wrong, you'll need to seize the roles, that could cause issues.<br />
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I'd recommend an out of hours move to be honest.
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It's advisable not to, but as long as the move is clean there isn't any downtime.... However.... If it goes wrong, you'll need to seize the roles, that could cause issues.

I'd recommend an out of hours move to be honest.

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does my users recognice the change ?
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No they don't, unless it goes wrong, or they change their password as you're making the move... It's really best to do it OOH
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No they don't, unless it goes wrong, or they change their password as you're making the move... It's really best to do it OOH

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Yeah, moving FSMO roles is nearly always straightforward.
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Yeah, moving FSMO roles is nearly always straightforward.

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Hi Experts,<br />
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I have an very old DC with FSMO roles installed.<br />
This is an old WIN2008 server, no R2.<br />
Can I move the roles from WIN2008 to an WIN2012R2 server ?<br />
And please can you give me some hints and links ?
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Hi Experts,

I have an very old DC with FSMO roles installed.
This is an old WIN2008 server, no R2.
Can I move the roles from WIN2008 to an WIN2012R2 server ?
And please can you give me some hints and links ?

Move FSMO roles...

fsmo

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 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.