

Your servers are usually more important to the business overall.Īs you decide your next steps, it helps to think about your migration options in three basic categories: Keeping your server operating system (OS) and key business apps up-to-date and secure is arguably more important than keeping your computer OS current. Here’s an overview of the upgrade paths and a framework for how to think about them: Your three (or four) EOL optionsĬontinuing to run unpatched apps makes your entire IT system vulnerable - it opens your organization up to malware, targeted attacks, compliance issues, and other risks.

These apps are all too old for Microsoft to keep patching. Support for SQL Server 2008 ends even sooner on July 9, 2019. Not only will Microsoft stop supporting Windows 7 on January 14, 2020, but it will also no longer support Windows Server 2008 (and 2008 R2), Exchange 2010, or Sharepoint 2010. It’s practically an End of Life (EOL) avalanche heading for organizations that are running a lot of older Microsoft software.
