Our current setup:
- 2008 R2 DC running in a VMware virtual server
- 2003 DC running on a physical server
We would like to upgrade the 2003 DC.
Should I go with Windows server 2008 R2 or 2012? (we have no 2012 servers in our company at the moment)
I would like to install the new DC on the same HW our current 2003 DC runs on. Can I demote and remove 2003 and then install the new DC? I am wondering if it would it be too risky to be running a few hours with only one DC. also are there any negatives doing this?
Thanks,
Luca