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Windows Server 2008 End of Support: How to Get Extended Security Updates

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Jan 14, 2020
With the End of Support for Windows Server 2008 on January 14th, 2020 - you no longer have the ability to receive Security Updates or Support for any servers running Windows Server 2008. If you need ...
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Jan 20, 2020

My thoughts exactly sushanthamin - that is why I always respond to questions from customers by asking for more info on the workload, what it's used for, where it's accessed and if it's a built in role to Windows Server that is critical to their operations. Each workload in your datacenter needs to be evaluated on what makes sense to move up and what makes sense to modernize and go hybrid.