{"id":316407,"date":"2019-08-20T07:15:24","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T05:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=316407"},"modified":"2019-08-20T07:15:24","modified_gmt":"2019-08-20T05:15:24","slug":"windows-server-2008-users-update-now-or-face-security-risks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/industrynews\/316407-windows-server-2008-users-update-now-or-face-security-risks.html","title":{"rendered":"Windows Server 2008 users &#8211; Update now or face security risks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Windows Server 2008 users, it is time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinnacle.co.za\/information\/windows-server-2008-eos?utm_source=MyBroadband&amp;utm_medium=August%20Article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>to upgrade.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Support for Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 will end on 14 January 2020, and organisations which do not upgrade before then will face security risks and other operational issues.<\/p>\n<p>End of support for Windows Server 2008 means that regular security updates will end &#8211; and your IT infrastructure and applications will go unprotected, putting your business at risk.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinnacle.co.za\/information\/windows-server-2008-eos?utm_source=MyBroadband&amp;utm_medium=August%20Article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Pinnacle can assist<\/strong><\/a> you to upgrade to Windows Server 2019 and keep your operations secure, while providing support and guidance throughout the migration process.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinnacle.co.za\/information\/windows-server-2008-eos?utm_source=MyBroadband&amp;utm_medium=August%20Article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Click here to find out how you can upgrade<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pinnacle is also able to provide you with guidance on the hardware requirements for Windows Server 2019 on brands such as DellEMC, Supermicro, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and Huawei.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To take full advantage of modern security, performance, and efficiency features, running Windows Server 2019 on modern servers is recommended,&#8221; states Pinnacle.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Multiple benefits<\/h3>\n<p>Upgrading to Windows Server 2019 provides multiple benefits to users beyond standard security updates.<\/p>\n<p>Windows Server 2019\u2019s enhanced security protects the identity, operating system, and virtualization layers to disrupt attacks and isolate vulnerable targets. This support is continuing until at least 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Windows Server 2019 also provides for scalable and hardware-agnostic storage, networking, and compute &#8211; all from a single interface.<\/p>\n<p>Further justifying the upgrade is the fact that Windows Server 2008 is limited to 64 logical processors, which is insufficient for modern business operations.<\/p>\n<p>To find out more about upgrading to Windows Server 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinnacle.co.za\/information\/windows-server-2008-eos?utm_source=MyBroadband&amp;utm_medium=August%20Article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>visit the Pinnacle website.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Windows Server 2008 support will end soon, and organisations are encouraged to upgrade as soon as possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341030,"featured_media":110808,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28937],"tags":[123,807,56260,56262],"class_list":["post-316407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industrynews","tag-microsoft","tag-windows","tag-windows-server-2008","tag-windows-server-2019"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316407"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341030"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316407"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":316409,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316407\/revisions\/316409"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}