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Migration Options for Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 End-of-Life

April 5, 2019 | 126 views

If your organization is using Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 or SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2, then you need to know this: Both products are reaching their end-of-life, which means the end of essential updates. When is this happening? The end of Extended Support for Windows Server 2008 and R2 stops on January 14, 2020 and on July 19, 2019 for the 2008 versions of SQL Server. Without Extended Support, IT departments will no longer receive bug fixes, security updates or critical patches.

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