English French German Japanese Spanish. Microsoft recommends you install a download manager. Microsoft Download Manager. Manage all your internet downloads with this easy-to-use manager. It features a simple interface with many customizable options:.
Download multiple files at one time Download large files quickly and reliably Suspend active downloads and resume downloads that have failed. Yes, install Microsoft Download Manager recommended No, thanks. What happens if I don't install a download manager?
Why should I install the Microsoft Download Manager? In this case, you will have to download the files individually. You would have the opportunity to download individual files on the "Thank you for downloading" page after completing your download.
Files larger than 1 GB may take much longer to download and might not download correctly. You might not be able to pause the active downloads or resume downloads that have failed. Back Next. Service Pack 2, the latest service pack for both Windows Server and Windows Vista, supports new types of hardware and emerging hardware standards, includes all of the updates that have been delivered since SP1, and simplifies deployment, for consumers, developers, and IT professionals.
Details Version:. File Name:. Date Published:. File Size:. In some releases of Windows Server, you can also freely convert among OEM, volume-licensed, and retail versions with the same command and the appropriate key.
If you want to keep the same hardware and all the server roles you have set up without flattening the server, upgrading is an option—and there are lots of ways to do it. In the classic upgrade, you go from an older operating system to a newer one, keeping your settings, server roles, and data intact. For example, if your server is running Windows Server R2, you can upgrade it to Windows Server However, not every older operating system has a pathway to every newer one.
Upgrade works best in virtual machines where specific OEM hardware drivers are not needed for a successful upgrade. You can upgrade from an evaluation version of the operating system to a retail version, from an older retail version to a newer version, or, in some cases, from a volume-licensed edition of the operating system to an ordinary retail edition. Before you get started with an upgrade, have a look at the tables on this page to see how to get from where you are to where you want to be.
For information about the differences between the installation options available for Windows Server Technical Preview, including the features that are installed with each option and the management options available after installation, see Windows Server Whenever you migrate or upgrade to any version of Windows Server, you should review and understand the support lifecycle policy and timeframe for that version and plan accordingly.
You can search for the lifecycle information for the particular Windows Server release that you are interested in. For details, including important caveats and limitations on upgrade, license conversion between editions of Windows Server , and conversion of evaluation editions to retail, see Supported Upgrade Paths for Windows Server Note: Upgrades that switch from a Server Core installation to a Server with a Desktop installation or vice versa are not supported.
If the older operating system you are upgrading or converting is a Server Core installation, the result will still be a Server Core installation of the newer operating system. Quick reference table of supported upgrade paths from older Windows Server retail editions to Windows Server retail editions:. You can convert the evaluation version of Windows Server Standard to either Windows Server Standard retail or Datacenter retail.
For details, including important caveats and limitations on upgrade, license conversion between editions of Windows Server R2, and conversion of evaluation editions to retail, see Upgrade Options for Windows Server R2.
Quick reference table of supported upgrade paths from older Windows Server retail editions to Windows Server R2 retail editions:. For details, including important caveats and limitations on upgrade, and conversion of evaluation editions to retail, see Evaluation Versions and Upgrade Options for Windows Server To ensure no gap in support, you need to upgrade to a supported version of Windows Server, or rehost in Azure by moving to specialized Windows Server R2 VMs.
For on-premises servers, there is no direct upgrade path from Windows Server R2 to Windows Server or later. As you are planning your upgrade, be aware of the following guidelines for the middle step of upgrading to Windows Server R2. You can't do an in-place upgrade from a bit to bit architectures or from one build type to another fre to chk, for example. In-place upgrades are only supported in the same language. You can't upgrade from one language to another. You can switch your upgraded server core installation to Server with Full Desktop, but only on Windows Server R2.
Windows Server and later do not support switching from server core to Full Desktop, so make that switch before you upgrade to Windows Server For more information, check out Evaluation Versions and Upgrade Options for Windows Server , which includes role-specific upgrade details.
Looking for Windows Server ? See Install, upgrade, or migrate to Windows Server Mount another ISO, rule out the ISO names being correct but the ISO being a copy of your Win 8 disk - this has happened to us before, someone copied an ISO over replacing another, so the name appeared right while the content was different.
