Migrate from sbs 2008 to 2012 R2 Datacenter

[srobinson1212]

I have a sbs 2008 server that runs our domain and DC (domainname.local) that is really messed up. We are in the process of creating a new server 2012 R2 and make this the new DC (domainname.local). How do we go about making the new 2012 R2 the main DC and demote the old SBS 2008 without copying the issues to the new DC?

Also is it a easy thing to promote the SBS 2008 servers forest and domain from 2003 to 2008 and at the same time can we also create the new 2012 R2 with a level of 2012?


Thank you all