Microsoft has added two years of optional extended support for Windows Server 2008 to its product-support roadmap. Originally, Windows Server 2008 was supposed to move from free, mainstream support, ...

Today ZDNet uncovered the fact that Microsoft is adding two years of mainstream support to Windows Server 2008. Microsoft products tend to have a period of 5 years of mainstream and free support, ...

SQL Server, Microsoft's flagship operational database, has been around for over a quarter century now. That has meant successive waves of innovation for the platform, but has also made for ...

Microsoft recommends migrating Server 2008 workloads to Azure cloud services while enterprises modernize their apps for Windows Server 2016 or 2019 deployments. This week’s Patch Tuesday marked the ...

The company will provide three more years of support to Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 when workloads are moved to Azure virtual machines or Azure SQL Database Managed Instance, which debuts ...

Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2, as well as SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2, are due to move out of extended support over the next few years—SQL Server in July 2019 and Windows Server in January 2020. For ...

eSpeaks’ Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...

The end of support is near for Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2008 R2. All of these will stop receiving security updates and technical assistance after Jan. 14, 2020. Windows 7 end ...

Microsoft announced that it will begin to phase in Windows Server 2008 "extended support" starting Jan. 15, 2015. That phase was originally slated to start on July 9, 2013, but because of how ...

Microsoft has extended mainstream support for Windows Server 2008 by 18 months, and again reminded customers that the still-strong Windows XP will retire in April 2014. Windows watcher Mary Jo Foley, ...

Microsoft added about 1.5 years to its lifecycle support for Windows Server 2008, according to an announcement made by the company this month. Windows Server 2008 will now reach its "extended support" ...

Microsoft has reminded customers that the extended support for all editions of Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 will end on October 10. Although Windows Server 2012 reached its ...