Windows 10: Preform in-place upgrad from windows server 2012

I have Windows Server 2012 Standrd installed, and I want to upgrade the system to Server 2016. When I'm doing the upgrade process I dont have option the keep my files, the error I get: your files apps and settings can't be kept because your installing an edition of windows that's different than the one you're currently using, Do you have any suggestion what is the reason for that?

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In Place upgrade from server 2012 r2 to Server 2019

Hello,

I am running server 2012 r2 standard and I am hoping to upgrade to server 2019 without losing my settings (server 2012 is our DNS, AD, DHCP)

I did some reading and to do an in place upgrade you need to upgrade to 2016 then to 2019.

I have an image of 2016 but it's an evaluation iso.

When I run the 2016 ISO I only have the option for a clean install and not an upgrade.

Is it because my 2012 is retail and 2016 is evaluation?

I don't want to purchase a retail copy of 2016 just to upgrade to 2019.

Am I missing something?

 

Server 2012

IF you want to try seizing the FSMO roles to see if it will help, here is a quick guide (this should be done on the DC you want to keep):

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com...ation-master-roles-in-windows-server-2012-r2/

Knowing that this is a DC now I'm really convinced that something is wrong with the AD account for this particular server. It's possible that the promotion to a DC didn't work correctly leaving you with a sort of broken DC.

A reboot is always worth a shot; has that been tried Ahhzz? If it has, then the next step would be to demote this DC and rejoin it to the domain. Once rejoined you can run DCPromo again. Microsoft best practice is to have at least 2 DCs for redundancy.

 

Server 2012 R2 Intel Wireless AC 7260

did u try the mentioned steps in this article?

http://www.niallbrady.com/2012/09/0...e-wireless-networking-in-windows-server-2012/