Upgrade from ADFS 2.1 to ADFS 3.0 and stay on Windows Server 2012 (not R2)

Hello,
could you tell me if this is possible? We need to stay on the same OS 2012 (not R2)?
Are the 2 versions compatible, i.e if we upgrade the secondary to ADFS 3.0 will the primary on ADFS 2.1 still sync to it, and will the farm respond on either host?
Thanks,
Tim

The upgrade procedure is described here: http://blogs.technet.com/b/askpfeplat/archive/2014/03/31/how-to-build-your-adfs-lab-part4-upgrading-to-server-2012-r2.aspx
More if you ask them in this forum: https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/home?forum=Geneva
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