Migrating existion RD licence from Server 2008 R2 to 2012 Std Edition

Dear team,
We have two servers with Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition. One server for Domain Controller and another is Terminal Server with 57 License (License Server). Now we have purchased New Rack server ( HP ProLiant
G8) and Windows Server 2012 Standard Edition. We want to replace our old hardware and OS, but want to keep (1) Domain Structure, Group Policies, Users (2) Same license for Terminal Services. I have two questions.
(a) Is migration of existing RDP Licence possible to new hardware and OS? If possible what Should be done?
(b) Is migration of existing AD possible to new hardware and OS? If possible what Should be done?
First question is more important.
Hope a favorable, detailed and early reply.

Hi,
(a) Is migration of existing RDP Licence possible to new hardware and OS? If possible what Should be done?
You could refer to the following ms article about moving Remote Desktop Licensing to a New Server:
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc730776.aspx
Meanwhile, for the license related issue, you could contact Licensing Service Center support
https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/servicecenter/Help/Contact.aspx
(b) Is migration of existing AD possible to new hardware and OS? If possible what Should be done?
First question is more important.
For this issue, you could follow MVP's suggestion, adding server 2012 to your domain, making it as domain controller then do the migration.
http://blogs.technet.com/b/canitpro/archive/2014/05/28/step-by-step-active-directory-migration-from-windows-server-2008-r2-to-windows-server-2012.aspx
Regards.
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