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Microsoft has announced that Windows Server 2003 extended support has ended on 14 July 2015. If you haven’t migrated to a new server operating system by now, you should probably start budgeting for the migration. This means that Microsoft have stopped releasing updates and patches for Server 2003, and it will no longer be a supported operating system. This can have a huge impact on your business in many ways.
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For example, because you wont get any more security updates for the aging operating system, this means security exploits will be found by hackers, but Microsoft will no longer be patching these exploits. Another concern is that there is no support from Microsoft, meaning if you have a problem with the operating system, they will no longer be able to advise on a fix for the problem, which can leave you in a tight situation when your server is down and all your staff are spending hours flicking lacky bands at each other, instead of working! Migrating to a newer operating system can be fairly straight forward in some circumstances, or fairly complex in others. There are a number of things that determine this, such as amount of users on the server, which applications you use, database sizes, if you are routing emails through your server or in the cloud, how many servers you have etc. If you are wondering whether now is the time to migrate, the answer is most definitely “yes”. Not migrating now, will likely cost you much more in the future.
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So long Server 2003, you have done well, and you will be missed!
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