Windows 2003 SP1 to R2

[Bryan Fury]

I have Win2003 SP1 and just received disks with Win2003 R2. I'm thinking whether it's advisable to do an update or I should stick with SP1? What should I take into the consideration if I am to do an upgrade? I would like to hear some experiences with this situation if someone could share

[bmw007]

Try to apply to other box first before implementing it in the production environment

[spam_meiser]

IIRC, R2 has an installation feature that disables all ports during install, and then only opens a port to connect to Micrsoft Update for patch downloads. I guess there were security issues during the install.

[iainmcdee]

When I spoke to a Microsoft consultant he suggested not upgrading to R2 unless you wanted to use the advanced features such a DFS, Quotas, Print Management etc

[triz0r]

be careful, R2 has a lot of problems with AD replications, DCOM permissions , etc
test it first with your software

[cr8tve16]

R2 is very similar to SP1.  I would recommend R2 only if you want to take advantage of the RDC feature of DFS.  Otherwise just stick with SP1.

[Pan]

IIRC, R2 has an installation feature that disables all ports during install, and then only opens a port to connect to Micrsoft Update for patch downloads. I guess there were security issues during the install.

If you choose to perform windows update upgrading to R2, you may have problem later when you install / uninstall other softwares that require the original XP CD, the OS may not allow you to continue because of different version of OS between the running one and the CD.

[slwong]

try to patch it on a NON-production server, if everything is fine after the patch, then go for it

[stretch200]

What it R2?

[stretch200]

Nevermind