First hands-on Upgrading to Windows Server 2022 Domain Controller #Windows2022 #Windows2016 #winserv #CloudOS #WIMVP

Windows Server 2022 is built on the strong foundation of Windows Server 2019 and brings many innovations on three key themes: security, Azure hybrid integration and management, and application platform. Also, Windows Server 2022 Datacenter: Azure Edition helps you use the benefits of cloud to keep your VMs up to date while minimizing downtime.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/get-started/whats-new-in-windows-server-2022?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-4025011

As some of my Domain controllers are running on Server 2016 this is a great moment to upgrade them,Upgrading a domain controller is always tricky when you loos you AD, well I got a copy in Azure Winking smile

How ever Windows Server 2016 is supporting Rolling Upgrades Upgrading to Windows Server 2022 but this is only for a Cluster.

For other Servers you can upgrade your server or better reinstall. Bet you all choose for the Clean install. Well For a domain controller, it’s a quick process to redeploy but often there is ton’s of software on the DC that should not be there and makes it hard to loos the DC right ?

So my DC server 2016

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Finding the FSMO roles

netdom query fsmo

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You can’t upgrade the server when there is a FSMO role running on the server. Tested this and if failed So move the FSMO roles from your DC.

Yes I hear you you have only one DC well create a virtual second one and move the fsmo roles to that server upgrade and move the roles back and demote the Extra DC and you are back to a single DC.

my other DC is mvpdc22

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I move the roles to my second DC

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Quick and Smooth migration

Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole -Identity “Your-DC” -OperationMasterRole SchemaMaster,RIDMaster,InfrastructureMaster,DomainNamingMaster,PDCEmulator

I mounted the ISO to the DC (virtual CD disk)

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YEs I want to make the product better.

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Use your Product key or if you are on hyber-v you can use the AVMA key https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/get-started-19/vm-activation-19?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-4025011

The following AVMA keys can be used for Windows Server 2022:

Datacenter
W3GNR-8DDXR-2TFRP-H8P33-DV9BG

Standard
YDFWN-MJ9JR-3DYRK-FXXRW-78VHK

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I still love my gui So I install the desktop experience

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Read the entire EULA and I agree.

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My domain Controller desktop (remember this is my lab) Don’t use your DC for any other things than using it for a DC.

I want to keep My files

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Yes Install

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Let the Setup running

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So in just 20 min my DC was upgraded to 2022 lot’s of new stuff is there but that’s all for a next blog post. Hope it was usefull and remember make sure you have a backup things my fail in your environment

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/get-started/whats-new-in-windows-server-2022?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-4025011

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Author: Robert Smit [MVP]

Robert Smit is Senior Technical Evangelist and is a current Microsoft MVP in Clustering as of 2009. Robert has over 20 years experience in IT with experience in the educational, health-care and finance industries. Robert’s past IT experience in the trenches of IT gives him the knowledge and insight that allows him to communicate effectively with IT professionals who are trying to address real concerns around business continuity, disaster recovery and regulatory compliance issues. Robert holds the following certifications: MCT - Microsoft Certified Trainer, MCTS - Windows Server Virtualization, MCSE, MCSA and MCPS. He is an active participant in the Microsoft newsgroup community and is currently focused on Hyper-V, Failover Clustering, SQL Server, Azure and all things related to Cloud Computing and Infrastructure Optimalization. Follow Robert on Twitter @ClusterMVP Or follow his blog https://robertsmit.wordpress.com Linkedin Profile Http://nl.linkedin.com/in/robertsmit Robert is also capable of transferring his knowledge to others which is a rare feature in the field of IT. He makes a point of not only solving issues but also of giving on the job training of his colleagues. A customer says " Robert has been a big influence on our technical staff and I have to come to know him as a brilliant specialist concerning Microsoft Products. He was Capable with his in-depth knowledge of Microsoft products to troubleshoot problems and develop our infrastructure to a higher level. I would certainly hire him again in the future. " Details of the Recommendation: "I have been coordinating with Robert implementing a very complex system. Although he was primarily a Microsoft infrastructure specialist; he was able to understand and debug .Net based complext Windows applications and websites. His input to improve performance of applications proved very helpful for the success of our project

2 thoughts on “First hands-on Upgrading to Windows Server 2022 Domain Controller #Windows2022 #Windows2016 #winserv #CloudOS #WIMVP”

  1. Thanks for your introduction , I bought a win server 2022 Datacenter key on * . and then follow your steps to install , the server is running now , thank you

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