{"id":323,"date":"2022-08-10T12:45:12","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T12:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solutionsunlimitedsc.com\/blog\/?p=323"},"modified":"2022-08-10T12:45:12","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T12:45:12","slug":"microsoft-windows-server-2012-reaches-end-of-support-in-october-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solutionsunlimitedsc.com\/blog\/microsoft-windows-server-2012-reaches-end-of-support-in-october-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft: Windows Server 2012 reaches end of support in October 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-size: 22px; font-family: NonBreakingSpaceOverride, 'Hoefler Text', 'Baskerville Old Face', Garamond, 'Times New Roman', serif;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bleepstatic.com\/content\/hl-images\/2022\/01\/13\/windows-server-on-fire.jpg\" alt=\"Windows Server\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" \/><\/h1>\n<div class=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Microsoft has reminded customers that Windows Server 2012\/2012 R2 will reach its extended end-of-support (EOS) date next year, on October 10, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Released in October 2012, Windows Server 2012 has entered its tenth year of service and has already\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/lifecycle\/products\/windows-server-2012\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">reached the mainstream end date<\/a>\u00a0over three years ago, on October 9, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Also, Microsoft SQL Server 2012, will be retired on July 12, 2022, ten years after its release <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/lifecycle\/products\/microsoft-sql-server-2012\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">in May 2012<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Once EOS reached, Microsoft will stop providing technical support and bug fixes for newly discovered issues that may impact the usability or stability of servers running the two products.\u00a0 This means these versions of Windows Server will not receive critical security updates, and will become increasingly insecure exposing systems to threats like ransomware.<\/p>\n<h2>What are the options?<\/h2>\n<p>We strongly recommend clients running Windows Server 2012 (or earlier) upgrade to at least Windows Server 2019 or migrate to cloud solutions <strong>before October 2013<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Our team is available to review your options, and we can implement your migration so there is minimal impact on your business.<\/p>\n<p>Use the link below to schedule a complimentary consultation to discuss a plan that fits your business needs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft has reminded customers that Windows Server 2012\/2012 R2 will reach its extended end-of-support (EOS) date next year, on October 10, 2023. Released in October 2012, Windows Server 2012 has entered its tenth year of service and has already\u00a0reached the mainstream end date\u00a0over three years ago, on October 9, 2018. Also, Microsoft SQL Server 2012, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solutionsunlimitedsc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solutionsunlimitedsc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solutionsunlimitedsc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solutionsunlimitedsc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solutionsunlimitedsc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.solutionsunlimitedsc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":325,"href":"https:\/\/www.solutionsunlimitedsc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323\/revisions\/325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solutionsunlimitedsc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solutionsunlimitedsc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solutionsunlimitedsc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}