http://blogs.technet.com/b/uspartner_ts2team/archive/2012/12/03/upgrading-to-windows-8-or-windows-server-2012.aspxB&#160; V&#160; A Question – Can I do an In-Place upgrades to Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012 ? Answer – Yes you can, but the some old rules still apply – In-place upgrades from 32-bit edition of Windows Server 2008, upgrades from one language to anotheren-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.technet.com/b/uspartner_ts2team/archive/2012/12/03/upgrading-to-windows-8-or-windows-server-2012.aspx#3536146Mon, 03 Dec 2012 19:15:07 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3536146Peter Forster<p>Hi,</p> <p>you should have added that Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 can not be upgraded to Hyper-V Server 2012...</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3536146" width="1" height="1">