Windows Server 2008 End of Support: Are you Prepared?

guest · Jul 26, 2019

Windows Server 2008 End of Support: Are you Prepared?
July 26, 2019
https://blog.trendmicro.com/windows-server-2008-end-of-support-are-you-prepared/

On July 14th, 2015, Microsoft’s widely deployed Windows Server 2003 reached end of life after nearly 12 years of support.
Now, we are fast approaching the end of life of another server operating system – Windows Server 2008 and Server 2008 R2, which will soon reach end of support on January 14, 2020.

Nevertheless, many enterprises still rely on Windows Server 2008 for core business functions such as Directory Server, File Server, DNS Server, and Email Server. Organizations depend on these workloads for critical business applications and to support their internal services like Active Directory, File Sharing, and hosting internal websites.

While a small number may be ready to fully migrate to a new system or to the cloud, the reality is that most organizations aren’t able to migrate this quickly due to time, budgetary, or technical constraints
What are the risks?
The end of support means organizations must prepare to deal with missing security updates, compliance issues, defending against malware, as well as other non-security bugs.
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guest · Aug 15, 2020

A guide to migrating off Windows Server 2008
August 12, 2020
https://www.idginsiderpro.com/article/3569178/a-guide-to-migrating-off-windows-server-2008.html

On January 14, Microsoft officially ended support for Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2. That means no more fixes or patches even if vulnerabilities are found, although there have been exceptions in the past with really severe issues.

Suffice it to say that taking a single-tenant, single-thread app and bringing it to the cloud won’t be trivial, and in some cases, neither feasible or even possible. Nonetheless, it is possible to migrate to Windows Server 2019, the latest version of the OS, or Server 2016 as Microsoft still offers it, and Microsoft has done its best to make the transition smooth. [...]
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It’s never too late to get started on a migration, especially since Server 2012 will reach its end of life on Oct. 10, 2023.
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