Server Upgraded from 2008 R2 to 2012 any potiential problems?

Our Corporate 2008 R2 image as some applied image settings built in it. They have not gotten around to building a 2012 image with the settings so an 2008 R2 base image with the applied image settings was updated to 2012 and then saved as a template.
Are there any potential downfalls to this mentality. I will be putting a 2013 SharePoint farm and SQL 2012 on this image and just want to get some other input.

Hi
I always prefered a clean install, but if you can't get to know all setting then you have not much choice. They can't list all policy and settings applied to that image ? What you will do when another upgrade will be neccesary ?
Don't forget to sysprep the image before installing anything on it. Some hypervisor does not do it automaticly when you clone/ use a template and you should be ok.
Regards, Philippe

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"not supported" just means that MS did not test that scenario (and it does not automatically mean that it does not work).
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