Loss of Supportability / Delays in Case of Event If you’re running end-of-life workloads, your insurance premiums increase – along with your exposure to a security attack. For operating systems such as when Window Server support ends, you automatically become noncompliant if you have unsupported workloads in your environment or are running applications that are no longer in scope for compliance regulations. If your organization maintains compliance with PCI, HIPAA, or any other compliance agencies, then all application and infrastructure workloads must maintain a vendor supported state. If they are out of support, then how will they meet their compliance requirements? How will they ensure they have reliable support to ensure uptime and mitigate risk exposure? What do they do if they’re compromised? All implications are worth considering, and we break them down below. When we meet with organizations facing end-of-life support scenarios, many implications arise. Free eBook: The Ultimate Guide to Windows Server on Azure.In this blog we will cover the business implications of Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 reaching end-of-life, the benefits and considerations of migrating or upgrading, and your options for determining your best path forward to achieve your business goals. To avoid potential security breaches and falling out of compliance with industry regulations, this is the ideal time to start planning how to mitigate the risks by migrating your workloads to newer and supported versions – or consider alternative options to allow you more time to properly address the supportability concerns. (SQL Server 2012 extended support has already expired as of July 2022.) In October 2023, Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 will reach the end of extended support – leaving your infrastructure and applications at risk.
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