Sys Admin/Windows Admin

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If there are only 32 bit clients, I am not sure if you need 64 bit drivers too...
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If there are only 32 bit clients, I am not sure if you need 64 bit drivers too...

Senior Network Systems Specialist

Peter Hutchison

Systems Administrator

Adam Leinss

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It turns out we also need to migrate the file shares.<br><br>Please see my other question <a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/29238211/Process-to-migrate-file-shares-and-data-from-Server-2008-to-Server-2019.html" rel="ugc">Process to migrate file shares and data from Server 2008 to Server 2019</a>.
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It turns out we also need to migrate the file shares.

Please see my other question Process to migrate file shares and data from Server 2008 to Server 2019 [https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/29238211/Process-to-migrate-file-shares-and-data-from-Server-2008-to-Server-2019.html].

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<p>My organization has an old Server 2008 32-bit server that hosts several printers.</p><p><br></p><p>This server will need to be decommissioned and replaced with a 64-bit Server OS.</p><p><br></p><p>I would like to use an automated process to migrate the printers shared on this server to Server 2012 R2.</p><p><br></p><p>I would rather complete this migration in as automated a matter as possible without having to manually recreate the printer shares.</p><p><br></p><p>What tools are available to help me do this?</p>
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My organization has an old Server 2008 32-bit server that hosts several printers.
This server will need to be decommissioned and replaced with a 64-bit Server OS.
I would like to use an automated process to migrate the printers shared on this server to Server 2012 R2.
I would rather complete this migration in as automated a matter as possible without having to manually recreate the printer shares.
What tools are available to help me do this?

Steps to migrate Server 2008 32-bit OS to 64-bit Server 2012 R2 or Server 2019

A printer is a peripheral which makes a persistent human readable representation of graphics or text on paper or similar physical media. Traditional printers are being used more for special purposes, like printing photographs or artwork, and are no longer a must-have peripheral; 3D printing has become an area of intense interest, allowing the creation of physical objects. An image scanner is a device that optically scans images, printed text, handwriting, or an object, and converts it to a digital image. Hand-held scanners, where the device is moved by hand, have evolved from text scanning "wands" to 3D scanners used for industrial design, reverse engineering, test and measurement, orthotics, gaming and other applications.

Printers and Scanners

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

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

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.