Performing an in-place upgrade from Windows Server 2012 R2 to Windows Server 2016
One of the easiest ways to adopt Windows Server 2016 in an existing environment is via an in-place upgrade mechanism.
You might have a scenario with a relatively fresh installation of Windows Server 2012 R2 with Hyper-V, where you want to update to Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V on the same hardware.
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