Are you still running a server with Windows 2003 Server Edition? You're running out of time to update or replace your server if you are. All support including patch and security updates stop in July, 2015.
Windows 2003 is going the way of Windows XP and the Dodo and won't be supported after July so you'd better have plans to replace either the operating system or the entire server if you haven't already.
Microsoft only supports older versions of all of their software for 2 previous generations and with the impending release of their new Windows versions, Server 2003 has reached end of life.
The time to update is now. Chances are that if you're running Windows 2003, your server is probably out of date too since that O/S stopped production in 2007 and that means that your server itself is probably 7-8 years old. The recommended life expectancy of a server is about 5 years so you're flirting with danger running a server as the lifeblood of your network for that long.
If you're forced to use Windows 2003 because of an application software package that requires it, it's time to replace that sucker too. Any publisher that hasn't kept their software current is a threat to your business and should be replaced just on general principle.
The time to update is NOW!
Jeff Hoffman, president of ACT Network Solutions can be reached at (847) 639-7000 or via e-mail at jhoffman@act4networks.com
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