Prepare your company for the end of Windows Server 2003 support
What will this mean for your company? It means the end of updates and corrections, as well as the non-compliance for any datacenter that is executing this operating system (OS) beyond this date.
Most of the time, OSs running on servers support all the technological structure, in a role that is crucial for the proper operation of a company’s activities (ERP, databases, File Server, among others).
Risks of maintaining an OS beyond its life-cycle:
- Support: manufacturers provide support in case of problems, errors or flaws in integrating the OS with your infrastructure.
- Updates: the integrity of your infrastructure is critical to the proper operation of your business. Without security updates and corrections, you will be exposing your infrastructure to malicious attackers, being merely a matter of time until new vulnerabilities are discovered. Additionally, with the end of a products life-cycle, new drivers are no longer produced, impeding updates for new products that come about in the future.
- Compliance: Infrastructures with OS beyond their life-cycle, may be in non-compliance with security criteria that certain regulatory or auditing entities demand, causing setbacks for the organization.
Migrating to a new OS version is an important task. It should be adequately planned and executed by experts with experience in similar projects. Eurotux is a Microsoft Silver Hosting Partner and has experience in similar projects.
