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  • November 21, 2013 at 9:24 pm

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    Hi,

    Yes you can upgrade from Windows server 2003 SP2 to Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard/Enterrpise 64 bit provided your existing 2003 server is 65 bit as upgrades from x86 to x64 is not supported.

    As per as upgrade sequence is concerned i personally prefer upgrade OS first and then SQL Server.

    Hope this helps..


    Praveen D'sa
    MCITP - Database Administrator 2008
    http://sqlerrors.wordpress.com