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Do you intend to keep the 2008 R2 as an additional DC after you introduce the new 2016 essentials?
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Do you intend to keep the 2008 R2 as an additional DC after you introduce the new 2016 essentials?

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Would like to keep the old one as secondary DC<br />
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It will hold all roles and we will never need trusts
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Would like to keep the old one as secondary DC

It will hold all roles and we will never need trusts

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We have a 2008 R2 server domain controller, we want to upgrade the domain and make the Server 2016 Essentials the PDC. Can the essentials become the PDC and FSMO roles easily migrated or are there any gotchas since it's the entry level server? I know in the past with 2012 Essentials there might have been some gotchas.<br />
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Thank you
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We have a 2008 R2 server domain controller, we want to upgrade the domain and make the Server 2016 Essentials the PDC. Can the essentials become the PDC and FSMO roles easily migrated or are there any gotchas since it's the entry level server? I know in the past with 2012 Essentials there might have been some gotchas.

Thank you

Can you make Server 2016 Essential primary DC on a 2008 R2 domain?

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