Mark the replies as answers if they helped. System requirements for Microsoft 365 and Office Support for Windows Server 2016 will end in October 2025.Ģ.Windows server 2016 supports Exchange 2016 CU3 and laterįor more professional advice, I suggest you ask questions inĥ.As far as I know there are no other special requirements, details you can refer to the following article Windows server 2012 has stopped supporting from Jan 2020. Here is the Office Forum, which is primarily responsible for general issues related to the use of Office desktop programs.įor multiple questions you've asked, I'll explain the following (questions within my scope of business) issues:ġ.I recommend you to use windows server 2016. Many thanks for your assistance everyone. What server version, and what Exchange version, do we require in order to have complete compatibility with our migration to 365?ģ) Regarding both upgrades above, should we look at software upgrades on the existing servers, or completely new installs on new hardware?Ĥ) Once our Domain Controllers and Exchange have been upgraded, will our existing 20 Servers (some are SQL servers) still function normally?ĥ) Are there any hidden dangers that we may be unaware of? What I am hoping someone here can help with, are the following questions.ġ) Do we begin with our Domain Controllers? And if we choose 2012 R2, how long can we expect to have no compatibility issues? Is 2016, or 2019 preferred?Ģ) Regarding Exchange, my question is the same. It's not just about buying licences for 365 for our users, we need to upgrade our Domain Controllers and our Exchange first. My team has been tasked with drawing up a project road map. Our company wants to transition to Microsoft Office 365.

Our corporate domain is set up as followsġ) Our Active Directory controllers (we have 2) are both Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise.Ģ) Our Exchange Server is also Server 2008 R2 Enterprise, and Exchange itself is 2007 v 08.03ģ) Our users all use Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 3.

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