Microsoft to end support for SQL Server 2005 in 2016
Microsoft is encouraging businesses to upgrade from SQL Server 2005 as support and security updates end on April 12, 2016.
Microsoft is encouraging businesses to upgrade from SQL Server 2005 as support and security updates end on April 12, 2016.
Almost a fifth of businesses in Australia and New Zealand may still be running Window Server 2003 despite support ending on July 14, a Telsyte study has found.
Despite the support cut-off for the operating system drawing near, there are still around 115,000 servers in Australia that are running Windows Server 2003, according to an estimate produced by HP.
There are still around 135,000 virtual and physical servers in Australia still running Windows Server 2003 despite the looming July 14 cut-off date after which Microsoft will no longer support the operating system, according to figures from HP.
Following on from end of support for Windows XP in April 2014, we are now rapidly approaching Windows Server 2003 end of life.
If your business is still migrating Windows Server 2003 workloads - such as those critical, home-grown legacy applications - or has no immediate plans to move, it is now crunch time. This whitepaper will examine the state of play of the Windows Server market in Australia and New Zealand and look at some tools and processes to migrate more challenging applications, and how business can take the opportunity to modernise and transform their infrastructure.