Updated on 2025-02-08 GMT+08:00

Supported Windows OSs

SMS can migrate most of the popular Windows OSs. For details, see Table 1.

To view the OS version of a server, perform the following steps:

  1. On the server, press Win+R to open the Run box.
  2. Enter one of the following commands in the Run box, and then press Enter:
    • Run the following command to view the OS version in the displayed System Information window:
      msinfo32
    • Run the following command to view the OS version in the displayed About Windows window:
      winver

To migrate a source server running a Windows OS not supported by SMS, use any of the following methods:

Table 1 Supported Windows OSs

OS

Bit

UEFI Support

Remarks

Windows Server 2008

64

No

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 cannot boot in UEFI mode.

Windows Server 2008 R2

64

No

Windows Server 2012

64

Yes

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Windows Server 2012 R2

64

Yes

Windows Server 2016

64

Yes

Windows Server 2019

64

Yes

Windows Server 2022

64

Yes

Windows 7

64

No

Windows 8.1

64

No

Windows 10

64

Yes