HPE stops shipping Windows Server 2016

guest · Nov 25, 2019

HPE stops shipping Windows Server 2016
November 25, 2019
https://www.crn.com.au/news/hpe-stops-shipping-windows-server-2016-534540

HPE has stopped shipping OEM editions of Windows Server 2016, as of 31 October 2019, and has declared the OS “will be considered obsolete at the end of November 2019.”

Just why the company has done so is not clear. Windows Server 2016 was launched on 26 September 2016 and has more than two more years of mainstream support, which ends on 11 January 2022.
HPE’s post revealing its move doesn’t offer a source to confirm Server 2016’s obsolescence, or offer any reason to consider the OS no longer fit for adoption or use.

The post also points out that buyers can acquire a new server with Windows Server 2019 onboard and then downgrade to Windows Server 2016.
Which suggests Windows Server 2016 might not be entirely obsolete after all, if paired with new HPE hardware!
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