SCCM Upgrade Paths (In-Place Upgrade paths)

Prajwal Desai
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SCCM Upgrade Paths

In this post, I will list SCCM upgrade paths for every major release of ConfigMgr. Using the SCCM In-place upgrade paths info you can find out if you can upgrade your SCCM to the current branch release.

With the release of new SCCM current branch versions, many customers are looking to upgrade their configuration manager environment. Especially upgrade SCCM 2012 R2 to current branch releases.

The SCCM 2012 R2 is outdated and will not receive any further updates from Microsoft. If you are still running SCCM 2012 R2 in your setup, you must upgrade to the supported current branch version.

When you plan to upgrade Configuration Manager, you must know the available SCCM upgrade paths. There are many versions of SCCM released till date. Here is a post that lists the build numbers for SCCM and Tech Preview versions. Refer the following post for current branch build numbers.

This post lists the upgrade paths for configuration manager. Before you upgrade it is recommended to check supported configurations for SCCM and upgrade checklist.

SCCM Upgrade Paths (In-place Upgrade Paths)

Let’s now look at in-place SCCM upgrade paths available for different versions of Configuration Manager. To perform in-place upgrade, you must always download the baseline version first.

Upgrade paths to SCCM Version 1511

If you are planning to upgrade your configuration manager environment to version 1511, the below table helps you with SCCM upgrade paths. To upgrade you need version 1511 baseline media.

After you install a baseline version, additional versions of SCCM are available as in-console updates.

Upgrade FromIn-place Upgrade to Version 1511
System Center Configuration Manager RC InstallSupported
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager with SP1Supported
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager with SP2Supported
System Center 2012 R2 Configuration ManagerSupported
System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager with SP1Supported
System Center Configuration Manager version 1511 (Eval)Supported
SCCM 1511 In-Place Upgrade Paths

Upgrade paths to SCCM Version 1606

The below table lists the In-place upgrade paths to Version 1606 of Configuration Manager. In addition, you need baseline media for version 1606 to upgrade.

One on December 15th, 2016 and other one prior to it. I would recommend you to download the baseline version released on December 15th, 2016.

The table shows the SCCM upgrade paths from SCCM 2012/2012 R2 to current branch release assuming you have downloaded latest version of baseline media.

Upgrade FromIn-place Upgrade to Version 1606
System Center Configuration Manager RC InstallSupported
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager with SP1Supported
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager with SP2Supported
System Center 2012 R2 Configuration ManagerSupported
System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager with SP1Supported
System Center Configuration Manager version 1606 (Eval)Supported
SCCM 1606 In-Place Upgrade Paths

Upgrade paths to SCCM Version 1702

The below table lists the upgrade paths to version 1702 of SCCM.

Upgrade FromIn-place Upgrade to Version 1702
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager with SP1Supported
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager with SP2Supported
System Center 2012 R2 Configuration ManagerSupported
System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager with SP1Supported
System Center Configuration Manager version 1702 (Eval)Supported
SCCM Upgrade Paths to version 1702

Upgrade paths to SCCM Version 1802

The below table lists the upgrade paths to version 1802 of SCCM.

Upgrade FromIn-place Upgrade to Version 1802
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager with SP1Supported
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager with SP2Supported
System Center 2012 R2 Configuration ManagerSupported
System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager with SP1Supported
System Center Configuration Manager version 1802 (Eval)Supported
SCCM 1802 In-Place Upgrade Paths

Upgrade paths to SCCM Version 1902

The below table lists the upgrade paths to version 1902 of SCCM.

Upgrade FromIn-place Upgrade to Version 1902
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager with SP1Supported
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager with SP2Supported
System Center 2012 R2 Configuration ManagerSupported
System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager with SP1Supported
System Center Configuration Manager version 1902 (Eval)Supported
SCCM Upgrade Paths to version 1902

Upgrade paths to SCCM Version 2002

The below table lists the upgrade paths to version 2002 of SCCM.

Upgrade FromIn-place Upgrade to Version 2002
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager with SP1Supported
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager with SP2Supported
System Center 2012 R2 Configuration ManagerSupported
System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager with SP1Supported
System Center Configuration Manager version 2002 (Eval)Supported
SCCM Upgrade Paths to version 2002

Upgrade Paths to SCCM Version 2103

The below table lists the SCCM in-place upgrade paths to version 2103. To upgrade to 2103, you must download the ConfigMgr 2103 baseline version.

Upgrade FromIn-place Upgrade to Version 2103
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager with SP1Supported
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager with SP2Supported
System Center 2012 R2 Configuration ManagerSupported
System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager with SP1Supported
System Center Configuration Manager version 2002 (Eval)Supported
SCCM Upgrade Paths to version 2103

Upgrade Paths to SCCM Version 2203

The below table lists the SCCM in-place upgrade paths to version 2203. To upgrade to 2203, you must download the ConfigMgr 2203 baseline version.

Upgrade FromIn-place Upgrade to Version 2203
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager with SP1Supported
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager with SP2Supported
System Center 2012 R2 Configuration ManagerSupported
System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager with SP1Supported
System Center Configuration Manager version 2002 (Eval)Supported
SCCM Upgrade Paths to version 2203

Note: Starting in April 2022, this feature of Configuration Manager is deprecated. The baseline media for version 2203 is the last version of Configuration Manager current branch version that will support upgrade from any version of System Center 2012 Configuration Manager. Current branch version 2303 media will only support new installs of current branch.

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