End Of Support Archives

National Cyber Security Awareness Month Is Almost Here

September 20, 2019 | Michelle Petrovic

When was the last time you thought about your network security? It was probably more recently than your endpoint security. Most of the time, when thinking security, you want to…

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How to Approach Upgrading VMware ESXi v5.5 to v6.5

July 29, 2019 | Peter Carey

Still running VMware ESXi 5.5? You’re not alone. However, with support for this very popular platform having already ended and the product entering into a technical guidance phase—compounded by impending…

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Windows Server and SQL Server 2008/2008 R2 End of Life Is Fast Approaching—Are You Ready?

May 29, 2019 | Daniel Fischetti

SQL Server 2008 end of life is on July 9, 2019, and Windows Server 2008 end of life is on January 14, 2020. The clock is ticking, and you could…

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Life After End-of-Life: Software Lifecycle Challenges and Opportunities

April 15, 2019 | Kurt Hildebrand

Set the Way Back Machine for July 13, 2015, the day before Microsoft officially shut off extended support for the wildly popular Windows 2003 Server operating system. On that day,…

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Windows and SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 End of Life Coming Soon: Now What?

September 26, 2018 | Sreeraj Vasukuttan

I often imagine Windows Server 2008/2008 R2 and SQL Server 2008/2008 R2 as mighty old dinosaurs that lived for millions of years, waiting for that giant asteroid to fall from…

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