{"id":450318,"date":"2022-06-27T11:45:02","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T09:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=450318"},"modified":"2022-06-27T11:45:36","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T09:45:36","slug":"microsoft-dropping-support-for-exchange-server-2013-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/450318-microsoft-dropping-support-for-exchange-server-2013-next-year.html","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft dropping support for Exchange Server 2013 next year"},"content":{"rendered":"

Microsoft has reminded<\/a><\/strong> users that Exchange Server 2013 will reach its end of support on 11 April 2023.<\/p>\n

This is just over ten years since its launch on 9 January 2013, which aligns with Microsoft\u2019s typical 10-year support lifecycle for its products.<\/p>\n

Businesses use Microsoft Exchange Server on Windows Server operating system to access email, calendar, collaboration, and scheduling functionality.<\/p>\n

\u201cExchange Server 2013 will continue to run after this date, of course; however, due to the risks listed above, we strongly recommend that you migrate from Exchange Server 2013 as soon as possible,\u201d Microsoft Exchange product manager Scott Schnoll said.<\/p>\n

After 11 April 2023, Microsoft will no longer provide technical support, bug fixes, security patches, and time zone updates for Exchange Server 2013.<\/p>\n

Schnoll advised<\/a><\/strong> users to upgrade to Exchange Server 2019 or migrate to Exchange Online.<\/p>\n

Some users migrating to Exchange Online might be eligible for Microsoft\u2019s FastTrack<\/a><\/strong> service.<\/p>\n

FastTrack lets users access a support engineer to guide them regarding best practices, tools, and resources.<\/p>\n

Microsoft Exchange is a frequent target of attackers. Running a version of the software supported with security updates is therefore well-advised.<\/p>\n

Kaspersky security researchers recently discovered<\/a><\/strong> attackers had been exploiting a Microsoft Exchange vulnerability since February 2021.<\/p>\n

ToddyCat, a state-sponsored threat actor group, accessed Microsoft Windows Exchange servers through an unknown vulnerability to install a passive backdoor and trojan malware.<\/p>\n

The \u201cSamurai\u201d backdoor and \u201cNinja Trojan\u201d allowed the threat actors to control the compromised systems of organisations in Vietnam, Taiwan, Russia, India, Iran, and the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n

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Now read: Stealth hack infiltrates Microsoft Exchange servers<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Microsoft says Exchange Server 2013 will reach its extended end-of-support date early next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341094,"featured_media":450320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,17],"tags":[79340,79344,79342,123,79338,807],"class_list":["post-450318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","category-technology","tag-exchange-online","tag-exchange-server-2013","tag-exchange-server-2019","tag-microsoft","tag-scott-schnoll","tag-windows"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450318"}],"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\/341094"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=450318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/450320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}