Kevin79 Posted May 14, 2015 Report post Posted May 14, 2015 It is possible to have my primary server be 2008R2 and have distribution points that are server 2012R2? Does OSD (PXE) work on 2012R2? Are there any gotchas or anything that I need to be aware of? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrett804 Posted May 14, 2015 Report post Posted May 14, 2015 I run my entire environment on Server 2012 R2. I never set it up originally with 08 R2 so I can't say for sure if you can run a hybrid environment or not due to versions of things like the windows update agent being different for instance. I'm not sure how that would affect deployments or not. In thinking it over I don't see any issue with it since a DP is strictly just a location based software distribution point with a backend brain. It's no different than having a file server except it has a remote system with a brain allowing it to service the files individually and automatically rather than having to manually install one by one on each machine. That may not make much sense but that's how I would relate it to. A File server with a backend brain dictating who and what gets the files and when they get them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nylentone Posted May 14, 2015 Report post Posted May 14, 2015 I too use only 2012R2, no issues, and PXE works fine. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jorgen Nilsson Posted May 18, 2015 Report post Posted May 18, 2015 Hi, No problem to add a dp that runs server 2012 r2, pxe works fine and in 2012 R2 it supports 32bit Uefi computers as well. /Jörgen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
