Dedicated Server hosting Win 2012 vs 2016 for ASP.NET

Jose Saiz

Hi, any one has an expert opinion on which is better dedicated hosting server to host an ASP.NET C# Framework 4.0/4.5 application please provide pro and cons

1- Does Windows 2012 R2 Standard Ed. has better performance than windows 2016 Standard Ed.?

2- Does Windows 2012 R2 Standard Ed. has better security than windows 2016 Standard Ed.?

I am about to relocate my ASP.NET C# app from Windows 2008 R2 /MSSQL 2008 R2 64bits which it has been working fine for the past 4 years just because the OS will end life soon and all I hear is, that the security will be worse, also I am afraid that once relocate my code to a higher IIS version might not work at it full and bugs will be introduced or minus changes to the code is needed.

Please advise, your opinion matters and it will be appreciated.

Thank you.

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Jefferson S. Motta7y ago
Accepted answer
Dear Jose:

Migrate always to the last version that you can, if you can't get Windows Server 2019, use the 2016 'cause it will get more time in support cycle.

I migrated from W/SQL 2008 to SQL2014 and now to SQL2017 and Windows Server 2019 with no problems.

Best,

Jeff
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Jose Saiz7y ago
Thank you Jefferson, I end up upgrading to Windows 2019 and migration went smoothly, just couple of changes in the web.config commenting some lines that were not compatible with newest version of IIS, and it worked good.

THanks again
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