Downgrade windows server 2012 to windows server 2008
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Saturday, December 29, 2012 9:51 AM
Hi friends,
Hope you all doing great.
How can i downgrade windows server 2012 to windows server 2008?.
Thank you,
peter
- Changed Type Santosh BhandarkarMicrosoft Community Contributor, Moderator Saturday, December 29, 2012 5:33 PM Question
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Saturday, December 29, 2012 10:53 AM
Hi, these articles should help:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserver8gen/thread/0053861a-7cf1-4198-b2e8-f2ab9a573b0a
Don
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Saturday, December 29, 2012 2:49 PM
See Q15 in this document.
Regards, Dave Patrick ....
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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- Marked As Answer by Jeremy_WuMicrosoft Contingent Staff, Moderator Wednesday, January 02, 2013 8:25 AM
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Monday, December 31, 2012 8:59 AMModerator
Hi,
If you have Windows Server 2012 Datacenter edition you will have the right to downgrade your bits to any prior version or lower edition. If you have Windows Server 2012 Standard edition, you will have the right to downgrade your bits to any prior version of Enterprise, Standard or Essentials editions.
The ability to run downgrade bits does not change the licensing or support terms in which you can use the product; the purchased product (Windows Server 2012) rights apply. This means that the license will continue to cover two physical processors and the virtualization rights do not change.
Quote from Windows Server 2012 Licensing and Pricing FAQ
In addition, for license related questions, we recommend to contact Microsoft Volume Licensing support directly.
However, please note that, we cannot downgrade Windows Server 2012 installation to Windows Server 2008 installation, a clean installation of Windows Server 2008 is required.
Hope this helps.
Jeremy Wu
TechNet Community Support
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