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The SCCM 2012 R2 is outdated and will not receive any further updates from Microsoft.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 From | In-place Upgrade to Version 1511 |
System Center Configuration Manager RC Install | Supported |
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager with SP1 | Supported |
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager with SP2 | Supported |
System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager | Supported |
System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager with SP1 | Supported |
System Center Configuration Manager version 1511 (Eval) | Supported |
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 From | In-place Upgrade to Version 1606 |
System Center Configuration Manager RC Install | Supported |
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager with SP1 | Supported |
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager with SP2 | Supported |
System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager | Supported |
System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager with SP1 | Supported |
System Center Configuration Manager version 1606 (Eval) | Supported |
Upgrade paths to SCCM Version 1702
The below table lists the upgrade paths to version 1702 of SCCM.
Upgrade From | In-place Upgrade to Version 1702 |
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager with SP1 | Supported |
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager with SP2 | Supported |
System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager | Supported |
System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager with SP1 | Supported |
System Center Configuration Manager version 1702 (Eval) | Supported |
Upgrade paths to SCCM Version 1802
The below table lists the upgrade paths to version 1802 of SCCM.
Upgrade From | In-place Upgrade to Version 1802 |
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager with SP1 | Supported |
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager with SP2 | Supported |
System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager | Supported |
System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager with SP1 | Supported |
System Center Configuration Manager version 1802 (Eval) | Supported |
Upgrade paths to SCCM Version 1902
The below table lists the upgrade paths to version 1902 of SCCM.
Upgrade From | In-place Upgrade to Version 1902 |
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager with SP1 | Supported |
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager with SP2 | Supported |
System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager | Supported |
System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager with SP1 | Supported |
System Center Configuration Manager version 1902 (Eval) | Supported |
Upgrade paths to SCCM Version 2002
The below table lists the upgrade paths to version 2002 of SCCM.
Upgrade From | In-place Upgrade to Version 2002 |
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager with SP1 | Supported |
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager with SP2 | Supported |
System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager | Supported |
System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager with SP1 | Supported |
System Center Configuration Manager version 2002 (Eval) | Supported |
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 From | In-place Upgrade to Version 2103 |
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager with SP1 | Supported |
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager with SP2 | Supported |
System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager | Supported |
System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager with SP1 | Supported |
System Center Configuration Manager version 2002 (Eval) | Supported |
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 From | In-place Upgrade to Version 2203 |
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager with SP1 | Supported |
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager with SP2 | Supported |
System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager | Supported |
System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager with SP1 | Supported |
System Center Configuration Manager version 2002 (Eval) | Supported |
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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