Acronis Backup 11.7 for Windows Server Essentials can be upgraded either to Acronis Backup 12 or to Acronis Backup Advanced 12 once it is released. Please note that advanced features like deduplication and tape support are not available in Acronis Backup 12. If you need these features, continue using version 11.7 until Acronis Backup Advanced 12 is released.

Subscription licenses of Acronis Backup 11.7 do not require upgrading. Acronis Backup 12 is available as an update free of charge for all Acronis Backup 11.7 Product Subscription users while the subscription is active.

While Acronis Backup for VMware and Acronis vmProtect licensing was based on the number of CPUs in the physical infrastructure holding the virtual machines, Acronis Backup 12 Virtual Host licensing is based on the number of hosts (a host requires only 1 license). By default upgrade in Acronis account every 2 CPU licenses of Acronis Backup for VMware/Acronis vmProtect are upgraded to 1 license of Acronis Backup 12 Virtual Host. Contact Acronis Support for assistance in specific cases.

(!) Upgrade from Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange SBS to Acronis Backup leads into a full version of Acronis Backup for Windows Server Essentials. That means, you also be able then to back up the disk partitions.