Windows Server Upgrade Question

[mykalberta]

From everything I have read you cannot/should not do an in-place upgrade from x32 2003 - x64 2008

I am just looking for some confirmation?

x32 2003/R2 to x64 2008/R2

Thanks

[Rathji]

We did SBS 2003 to SBS 2008 via migration from old machine to new machine , no problems other than some best practices compliance stuff.

I wouldn't assume the same mileage on in-place upgrade though, since they are obviously different processes.

You should consider a new machine or a Swing migration maybe to get what you are wanting but it is not something I have ever thought about, so obviously never researched.

[mykalberta]

I have done inplace upgrades before but never from x32 to x64, I never thought it was doable for any version of Microsoft OS(s)

[sclitheroe]

Why upgrade at all if 2003 meets current needs?

There is no upgrade path, by the way.

[ricosuave]

cant go from x32 to x64

[TorqueDog]

mykalberta, this is exactly what you're looking for:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l...(v=ws.10).aspx

Unsupported Upgrade Scenarios

• Cross-architecture in-place upgrades (for example, x86 to x64) are not supported.