How to Migrate Win Server 2008 to Win Server 2012 if PDC server no longer exist?

With this being Foundation (less than 15 users) with some problems already, it might be smarter to just start the new server fresh.

I took over a small business company's network infratructure with Server 2008 Foundation and I would like to migrate to a new Windows Server 2012 r2.The Server 2008 Foundation is a DC with AD / DHCP / DNS / File & Print Server roles. I would like to transfer these roles to the new server with Win Server 2012 r2 std OS. My plan is to join the new server to the old DC, promote it as DC, and transfer roles to it, demote old server and power off.However, there was an older server (Windows 2003) which is no longer in the office and it was the current operations master. The server 2003 was the PDC. When I open AD Domains and Trusts I get this error:"You cannot modify domain or trust info because a PDC emulator cannot be contacted.."Maybe the FSMO roles wasn't transferred over from 2003 to 2008 properly? I don't know.How can I move forward to...
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Is it possible to create a two node cluster with SQL server 2012 STD on node1 and SQL Server 2008 ENT on node2 on a Windows server 2012?

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SUP role on 2008 R2 DP with 2012 R2 upstream server housing CM 2012

Hey all,
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Distribution Point - Server 2008 R2
Remote SQL 2012 database housing existing SUSDB from Primary Site Server
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Thanks for your reply.
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https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/35ed689a-8b78-424e-802d-9e335e07fcfe/wsus-6-upstream-server-will-support-wsus-3-sp2-downstream-server-or-not?forum=winserverwsus
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How to migrate logins from 2008 SQL server to 2012 SQl server

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[Forum FAQ]How to upgrade Windows Server 2008 R2 with a GUI to Windows Server 2012 Server Core

We found that some customers willing to upgrade Windows Server 2008 R2 GUI to Windows Server 2012 Server Core recently. This article provides detailed steps to perform the upgrade.
Analysis
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Figure 1.
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Figure 2.
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Figure 3.
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Figure 4.
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Figure 5.
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Figure 6.
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Figure 7.
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How to migrate Java Dictionary content from the one to the other server?

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Dears;
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I have attempted to restore verify it and it was so fine .
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