How to Migrate DHCP from Windows Server 2008 to 2012/2016

Posted by alambert on July 15, 2019
Posted in: Active Directory, Command Line, DHCP.
  • Log on to the 2008 DHCP server.
  • Open a command prompt as Administrator.
  • On the Action menu (from within the DHCP management console), click “Backup”.
  • Type netsh dhcp server export C:\temp\dhcp.txt all, and then press ENTER.
  • Copy the exported DHCP text file to C:\temp of the new DHCP server.
  • Open a command prompt as Administrator (on the 2012/2016)
  • Type netsh dhcp server import C:\temp\dhcp.txt all, and then press ENTER
  • Open DHCP console on the 2012/2016), in the console tree, right-click DHCP and Select “Authorize”.