Hyper-V server 2016 and 2012R2 Replica compatibility

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Can Hyper-V Server 2012R2 and 2016 run as replica servers? It is mainly for upgrade the environment, but I need the replication is working for some time between 2012R2 and 2016.
Do anyone try it, or do you know any source regarding the compatibility?

Best regards,

Jan

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I didn't find official confirmation. But found a workaround. Take a look at this blog:

[http://blog.fedenko.info/2016/06/hyper-v-replica-with-self-signed.html](http://blog.fedenko.info/2016/06/hyper-v-replica-with-self-signed.html)

You need to add certificates on both hosts and enable replication on a VM side.

Hope it helps.