Our Data CenterThis article will be the second part of 4-part series articles on deployment of Windows Server 2008 R2. This 4-part series articles will talk about the options available to move to Windows Server 2008 R2, and what planning and considerations are required for a successful migration.
With the introduction of Windows Server 2008 R2, x86 (32-bit) architecture hardware is no longer supported. Due to this change, for the major server hardware out there, a migration process would be required. A typical migration process involves the following steps:
1. clean installation of the operating system
2. installation of server role(s)
3. move data and settings from source to destination (new) server
4. point the clients to the new server
Migration steps are different based on the server role or the applications to be migrated. There is no single step to migrate all types of server roles or applications, hence there are quite a lot of factors we will need to consider, which will be covered below.