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Upgrade to AD RMS
Updated: December 30, 2007
Applies To: Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012
To upgrade to AD RMS from Rights Management Services (RMS) with Service Pack 1 (SP1) or Service Pack 2 (SP2), do the following steps after upgrading the operating system to Windows Server® 2008 R2:
Membership in the local Administrators group, or equivalent, is the minimum required to complete this procedure, and the user account must be a member of the System Administrators database role, or equivalent, on the database server.
To upgrade to AD RMS
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Log on to the server on which you want to upgrade to AD RMS.
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Open Server Manager. Click Start , point to Administrative Tools , and then click Server Manager .
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Expand Roles , and then click Active Directory Rights Management Services .
Note An error message might appear when you perform this step. This does not indicate a problem with the upgrade. Click OK to continue. -
In the results pane, click Complete Installation of Active Directory Rights Management Services , and then follow the steps in the upgrade wizard to AD RMS.
Additional considerations
- You can also perform the task described in this procedure by using Windows PowerShell. For more information about Windows PowerShell for AD RMS, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=136806.
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