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Gotcha alright thank you very much for the help!

Awesome thank you very much, I dont forsee app compatability being too much of an issue the server only do pretty basic things (Exchange, Active Directory, and File Server). Do you happen to know if I can use the evaluation ISO's on the Microsoft site to upgrade? https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-hyper-v-server-2012-r2 Not sure if you can use an Evaluation ISO to upgrade a standard retail software on a server?

Gotcha so lets say I upgrade from Windows Server 2008(activated) to 2008 R2(not activated) to 2012(not activated), and then to 2016 and try to active 2016 should I have any issues with only a single 2016 key? Thank You

Yeah 2008 - 2008 R2- 2012 - 2016 for the path if I am not mistaken

Hello I am a new Sys Admin and was hoping to get some help regarding some servers. I need help with the logistics of getting some server upgraded from windows server 2008 up to 2016 (cant go to 2019 for other reasons). From what I have seen you have to upgrade to 2012 and then 2016, How do you go about this in terms of licensing? Do I need to buy a 2012 key and then a 2016 key? Is there a way to upgrade to 2012 without activating and then activate once I get to 2016 or do I need an active key at each step? Lastly I saw mention of buying a 2016 key and downgrading to 2012 would this downgraded key be able to active on 2012 and then up to 2016 or would I have to buy 2 2016 keys and use one for the downgrade to 2012 and one for the upgrade to 2016? Thank You! Note: I am unsure if these machines are 2008 r2 or not and I cannot confirm this until tomorrow, In addition one machine is windows Storage server 2008 and I am unsure if this will cause an issue.

I recently built my own computer in the node 202 case. I love it however the GPU is getting very hot. The problem I think is that the case only has one opening for airflow in the whole chamber which houses the GPU. I have attached two pictures to illustrate my point. I added arrows where the airflow comes out on my card and where the only air vent is located. Does anyone have any advise or do I need to look into a different case?