# Culprits when upgrading server OS? **URL:** \ **Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\ **Created:** [February 13, 2019, 8:26am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/culprits-when-upgrading-server-os/52843 "2019-02-13T08:26:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jan\_Erling\_Sagen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71e660/32.png) [@Jan\_Erling\_Sagen](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jan_Erling_Sagen)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 8:26am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/culprits-when-upgrading-server-os/52843/1 "2019-02-13T08:26:41Z")
Hi We are currently running streaming engine (latest release) on windows 2008 server. As support for win 2008 is ending next year, we have to upgrade our server to windows 2016. Is there any issues/culprits to be aware of when upgrading the server OS? Can we upgrade directly to 2016, or should we upgrade to 2012 first? Is it better to do a clean install on windows 2016 rather than doing upgrade? Jan E. ---
**Author:** ![Jeremy\_Stout1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@Jeremy\_Stout1](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jeremy_Stout1)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2019, 2:31am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/culprits-when-upgrading-server-os/52843/2 "2019-02-14T02:31:08Z")
Hi Jan, We don’t have any specific info regarding Windows Server 2016, but I would be very surprised if Wowza Streaming Engine did not run on that OS. As Wowza runs within a Java JVM, the main requirement is that the Java runtime environment (JRE) can run. Windows has had support for JRE for a long time and I’m not aware of that changing on any more recent releases. We can not make guarantees on that though, and our official list of supported operating systems can be found here,v[https://www.wowza.com/products/streaming-engine/specifications](https://www.wowza.com/products/streaming-engine/specifications) ---
**Author:** ![Jan\_Erling\_Sagen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71e660/32.png) [@Jan\_Erling\_Sagen](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jan_Erling_Sagen)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2019, 9:11am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/culprits-when-upgrading-server-os/52843/3 "2019-02-14T09:11:31Z")
Thanks! It sounds like there is nothing to worry about, except havning JRE up to date version 🙂 And remember to backup just in case … Jan E. ---
**Author:** ![Andrew\_Ramberg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7c8e57/32.png) [@Andrew\_Ramberg](https://community.wowza.com/u/Andrew_Ramberg)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 3:34am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/culprits-when-upgrading-server-os/52843/4 "2019-02-15T03:34:29Z")
Hi Jan, It should work fine on Windows Server 2016 and we do have other users on this version as well. You may find the following article helpful when backing up and migrating the configuration: [Migrating WSE To A New Server](http://community.wowza.com/community/questions/50673/%E2%80%8Bhttps://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-migrate-wowza-streaming-engine-to-a-different-server) Best regards, Andrew ---
**Author:** ![Ueli\_Bosshard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/53a042/32.png) [@Ueli\_Bosshard](https://community.wowza.com/u/Ueli_Bosshard)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2019, 8:32am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/culprits-when-upgrading-server-os/52843/5 "2019-03-29T08:32:33Z")
Hi Jan, I’m in the same starting position with having to Upgrade my Wowza Windows 2008 R2 servers to Windows 2016. I’m wondering how the upgrading turned out for you. Did it go well as anticipated or were there any issues? Thanks a lot in advance and best regards Ueli ---
**Author:** ![Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/rose_power-wowza_com/32/431_2.png) [@Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://community.wowza.com/u/Rose_Power-Wowza_Com)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2019, 5:54pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/culprits-when-upgrading-server-os/52843/6 "2019-03-29T17:54:08Z")
Reach out @Ueli Bosshard should you run into any issues. ---
**Author:** ![Jan\_Erling\_Sagen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71e660/32.png) [@Jan\_Erling\_Sagen](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jan_Erling_Sagen)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 7:37am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/culprits-when-upgrading-server-os/52843/7 "2019-04-01T07:37:08Z")
Hi Ueli We decided to establish a new server rather than doing an upgrade. That way we get a clean new start and can avoid any downtime. Jan E.