Server 2012 R2 Essentials and Server 2012 Standard

This is for a small business with all of 2 employees. I setup up the domain on the Server 2012 R2 Essentials. We have since found out that one of the applications was over loading the server so he went and bought a different server. Well that server has 2012 Server Standard. I added it to the domain but when I tried to make it a domain controller, I was getting a conflict error with the domain levels. So the question is, what is the best solution to resolve this? My first thought it to just create the domain on the Server 2012 and just blow the old domain. But maybe there is a better way to do it? any ideas?
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>>> magic31<[email protected]> 3/6/2013 1:46 AM >>>
umchs;2250164 Wrote:
> I need to look into a new server to put SLES and GroupWise 2012 on it.
> I am having trouble finding server specs for this, so I was hoping to
> get a little advice. GW will be the only thing on this box, one PO with
> about 150 users. Hoping to build something or purchase something that
> isn't too expensive due to budget restraints.
>
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