Cloud migration projects almost always involve components that span multiple applications, technologies, and platforms. This means they also usually require a comprehensive strategy including multiple products and solutions to get migrations over the finish line. There’s no magical ‘one size fits all’ approach, much as we wish there were.
Of all the applications you’ve got running and might be looking to migrate, at least a few are probably running on Windows Server 2008 R2—in fact, as many as 60% of systems globally are estimated to still be running this version of Windows Server. Now, unless you’ve just returned from a nice three-year vacation you probably know that Windows Server 2008 R2 reached End of Support (EOS) last month. This is likely to put some of you in a bind, and might accelerate your schedule to try and migrate or replatform these systems
Given that time is of the essence and that you probably don’t have unlimited resources to dedicate to this transition, we’re happy to announce a new feature for Migrate for Compute Engine that lets you simultaneously migrate and replatform your Windows Server 2008 R2 systems into Windows Server 2012. Everything you had running on the original system will persist, but when the migration is done it’ll be running the new OS, Windows Server 2012. You can do this with your physical and virtual servers from on-prem, and also with VMs currently running in AWS or Azure. It’s a fast way to accomplish your upgrade and migration goals in one seamless motion, and better than the other options you might be facing.
Src code : Easily upgrade Windows Server 2008 R2 while migrating to Google Cloud