Team,
I work for a reseller SHI, and my customer needs help getting the following question answered. Can you please advise?
We have a server currently running Windows Server 2008 Standard, it has 32 GB of memory in it (max supported by OS). We want to add another 64 GB to it which requires us upgrade to 2008 enterprise. We can’t do a full install, only upgrade due to applications, etc. We need to stay within the 2008 family for compatibility purposes. What I really need to know is what license I need to buy to allow us to upgrade to 2008 enterprise and what the process will be to perform the upgrade considering the license, etc.
We do not have the license under SA, but I’m fully prepared to purchase a new license outright. However, I have 2 primary concerns. One being which license do I need to buy to allow me to upgrade the operating system to 2008 enterprise? Second, what is physical process of doing this upgrade? Remember, I don’t want to do a full install, just an in place upgrade of 2008 std. to 2008 ent. If I’m reading the below chart correctly, it appears we can buy 2012 standard, then run 2008 enterprise, is this correct?