You need at least one Windows Server 2019/2022 to act as an orchestrator, but you don’t have to make your destination server 2019 or 2022, however, if your destination server is Windows Server 2019 or Windows Server 2022, then the transfer speed will be double compared to Windows Server 2012 R2, and Windows Server 2016. This performance boost is due to the inclusion of a built-in Storage Migration Service (SMS) Proxy service.ģ) An orchestrator server (Windows Server 2019/2022 Standard or Datacenter).

Destination servers running Windows Server 2022 or Windows Server 2019 have double the transfer performance of earlier versions of Windows Server. The requirements are very simple, to use Storage Migration Service, you need the following:ġ) A source server (Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, or Windows Server 2022).Ģ) A destination server (Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, or Windows Server 2022). Storage Migration Service ships in Windows Server 2019 (Standard and Datacenter edition), and Windows Admin Center (WAC) is the primary management tool for Storage Migration Service, Windows Admin Center (WAC) leverages PowerShell under the covers. Storage Migration Service in Windows Server 2019 SMS leverages the SMB protocol to migrate your data. The following diagram from Microsoft shows all the supported scenarios for Storage Migration Service in Windows Server 2019. It’s super-fast, consistent, and scalable, it takes care of all the complexity such as permissions, share properties, encrypted, attributes, in-use files, network settings, names, and Active Directory membership. With SMS, you can migrate unstructured data from any Windows Server version (even Windows Server 2003 if you still have them around) into physical, and virtual machines, Azure IaaS, and Azure Files. In Windows Server 2019, Microsoft introduced a brand new feature called Storage Migration Service (SMS).

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