{"id":1719,"date":"2010-03-23T09:00:54","date_gmt":"2010-03-23T09:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1719"},"modified":"2010-03-22T23:09:37","modified_gmt":"2010-03-22T23:09:37","slug":"windows-support-lifecycle-reminders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/03\/windows-support-lifecycle-reminders.htm","title":{"rendered":"Windows support lifecycle reminders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, I wrote about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/03\/first-service-pack-for-windows-7-and-windows-server-2008-r2.htm\">the forthcoming service pack for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 At the other end of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/03\/three-phases-of-microsoft-support.htm\">support lifecycle<\/a>, is <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/lifecycle\/archive\/2010\/02\/24\/end-of-support-for-windows-2000-and-extended-support-phase-transition-for-windows-server-2003.aspx\">Windows 2000, which finally reaches end of life (i.e. the end of extended support) on 13 July 2010<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Windows XP remains on extended support for a while longer (<a href=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/lifecycle\/?p1=3223\">until 8 April 2014<\/a>) but <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/lifecycle\/archive\/2010\/02\/24\/end-of-support-for-windows-xp-sp2-and-windows-vista-with-no-service-packs-installed.aspx\">service pack 2 (SP2) also goes out of support on 13 July 2010<\/a> and, from that date onwards, Microsoft will no longer support or provide free security updates for Windows XP systems running\u00c2\u00a0SP2 or earlier.\u00c2\u00a0 Service pack 3 is available free of charge; however Windows XP users should really be planning on migration to a later version of Windows.\u00c2\u00a0 For details of how to obtain the latest service pack for Windows XP, see <a href=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/kb\/322389\">Microsoft knowledge base article 322389<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Also, <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/lifecycle\/archive\/2010\/02\/24\/end-of-support-for-windows-2000-and-extended-support-phase-transition-for-windows-server-2003.aspx\">on 13 July, Windows Server 2003 moves out of mainstream support and into its extended support phase<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Service pack 1 for Windows Server 2003 was retired on 14 April 2009, so service pack 2 is required in order to remain supported.\u00c2\u00a0 For details of how to obtain the latest service pack for Windows Server 2003 (and Windows Server 2003 R2), see <a href=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/kb\/889100\">Microsoft knowledge base article 889100<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 R2 are subject to the same support lifecycle milestones as each other.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/lifecycle\/archive\/2010\/02\/24\/end-of-support-for-windows-xp-sp2-and-windows-vista-with-no-service-packs-installed.aspx\">Windows Vista with no Service Packs installed will also lose support on 13 April 2010<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 Customers are advised to install service pack 2 for Windows Vista in order to remain secure and supported (although <a href=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/lifecycle\/?p1=12534\">service pack 1 is still supported until 12 July 2011<\/a>).\u00c2\u00a0 For details of how to obtain the latest service pack for Windows Vista, see <a href=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/kb\/935791\">Microsoft knowledge base article 935791<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Customers running Windows Server 2008 have plenty of time left in their operating system investment, although <a href=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/kb\/889100\">Windows Server 2008 service pack 1 will be retired on 12 July 2011<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 For details of how to obtain the latest service pack for Windows Server 2008, see <a href=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/kb\/968849\">Microsoft knowledge base article 968849<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 The same service pack is applicable to both Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, I wrote about the forthcoming service pack for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.\u00c2\u00a0 At the other end of its support lifecycle, is Windows 2000, which finally reaches end of life (i.e. the end of extended support) on 13 July 2010. Windows XP remains on extended support for a while longer (until &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/03\/windows-support-lifecycle-reminders.htm\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Windows support lifecycle reminders<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[101,192,104,98,99],"class_list":["post-1719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-windows-server-2003","tag-windows-server-2003-r2","tag-windows-server-2008","tag-windows-vista","tag-windows-xp"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Windows support lifecycle reminders - markwilson.it<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/03\/windows-support-lifecycle-reminders.htm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Windows support lifecycle reminders - markwilson.it\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Last week, I wrote about the forthcoming service pack for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.\u00c2\u00a0 At the other end of its support lifecycle, is Windows 2000, which finally reaches end of life (i.e. the end of extended support) on 13 July 2010. Windows XP remains on extended support for a while longer (until &hellip; Continue reading Windows support lifecycle reminders\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/03\/windows-support-lifecycle-reminders.htm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"markwilson.it\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-03-23T09:00:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mark Wilson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@markwilsonit\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@markwilsonit\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mark Wilson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2010\\\/03\\\/windows-support-lifecycle-reminders.htm#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2010\\\/03\\\/windows-support-lifecycle-reminders.htm\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mark Wilson\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468\"},\"headline\":\"Windows support lifecycle reminders\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-03-23T09:00:54+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2010\\\/03\\\/windows-support-lifecycle-reminders.htm\"},\"wordCount\":316,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468\"},\"keywords\":[\"Microsoft Windows Server 2003\",\"Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2\",\"Microsoft Windows Server 2008\",\"Microsoft Windows Vista\",\"Microsoft Windows XP\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2010\\\/03\\\/windows-support-lifecycle-reminders.htm#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2010\\\/03\\\/windows-support-lifecycle-reminders.htm\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2010\\\/03\\\/windows-support-lifecycle-reminders.htm\",\"name\":\"Windows support lifecycle reminders - markwilson.it\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2010-03-23T09:00:54+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2010\\\/03\\\/windows-support-lifecycle-reminders.htm#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2010\\\/03\\\/windows-support-lifecycle-reminders.htm\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2010\\\/03\\\/windows-support-lifecycle-reminders.htm#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Windows support lifecycle reminders\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"markwilson.it\",\"description\":\"get-info -class technology | write-output &gt; \\\/dev\\\/web\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468\",\"name\":\"Mark Wilson\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/uploads\\\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/uploads\\\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/uploads\\\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1\",\"width\":800,\"height\":800,\"caption\":\"Mark Wilson\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/uploads\\\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1\"},\"description\":\"A Chartered IT Professional, with recent experience in technology leadership, IT strategy and practice management roles, Mark Wilson is an Enterprise Architect in the Advisory and Management Group at risual. During a career spanning more than two decades, Mark has gained widespread recognition as an expert in his field including both industry and national press exposure. In addition to certifications from Microsoft, VMware, Red Hat, The Open Group and Axelos, Mark held a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for three years and is now part of the MVP Reconnect programme. Mark is also well-known on social media and maintains an award-winning blog.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/markwilsonuk\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/markawilson\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/markwilsonit\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCWHlZCoHRTocdvtrOJ2IL4A\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/mark-wilson\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Windows support lifecycle reminders - markwilson.it","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/03\/windows-support-lifecycle-reminders.htm","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Windows support lifecycle reminders - markwilson.it","og_description":"Last week, I wrote about the forthcoming service pack for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.\u00c2\u00a0 At the other end of its support lifecycle, is Windows 2000, which finally reaches end of life (i.e. the end of extended support) on 13 July 2010. Windows XP remains on extended support for a while longer (until &hellip; Continue reading Windows support lifecycle reminders","og_url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/03\/windows-support-lifecycle-reminders.htm","og_site_name":"markwilson.it","article_published_time":"2010-03-23T09:00:54+00:00","author":"Mark Wilson","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@markwilsonit","twitter_site":"@markwilsonit","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mark Wilson","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/03\/windows-support-lifecycle-reminders.htm#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/03\/windows-support-lifecycle-reminders.htm"},"author":{"name":"Mark Wilson","@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468"},"headline":"Windows support lifecycle reminders","datePublished":"2010-03-23T09:00:54+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/03\/windows-support-lifecycle-reminders.htm"},"wordCount":316,"commentCount":1,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468"},"keywords":["Microsoft Windows Server 2003","Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2","Microsoft Windows Server 2008","Microsoft Windows Vista","Microsoft Windows XP"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/03\/windows-support-lifecycle-reminders.htm#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/03\/windows-support-lifecycle-reminders.htm","url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/03\/windows-support-lifecycle-reminders.htm","name":"Windows support lifecycle reminders - markwilson.it","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2010-03-23T09:00:54+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/03\/windows-support-lifecycle-reminders.htm#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/03\/windows-support-lifecycle-reminders.htm"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/03\/windows-support-lifecycle-reminders.htm#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Windows support lifecycle reminders"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/","name":"markwilson.it","description":"get-info -class technology | write-output &gt; \/dev\/web","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468","name":"Mark Wilson","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/uploads\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/uploads\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/uploads\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1","width":800,"height":800,"caption":"Mark Wilson"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/uploads\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1"},"description":"A Chartered IT Professional, with recent experience in technology leadership, IT strategy and practice management roles, Mark Wilson is an Enterprise Architect in the Advisory and Management Group at risual. During a career spanning more than two decades, Mark has gained widespread recognition as an expert in his field including both industry and national press exposure. In addition to certifications from Microsoft, VMware, Red Hat, The Open Group and Axelos, Mark held a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for three years and is now part of the MVP Reconnect programme. Mark is also well-known on social media and maintains an award-winning blog.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/markwilsonuk\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/markawilson\/","https:\/\/x.com\/markwilsonit","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCWHlZCoHRTocdvtrOJ2IL4A"],"url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/author\/mark-wilson"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1412,"url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2009\/04\/the-sun-sets-on-windows-xp-office-2003-and-windows-server-2003-sp1-vista-sp1-and-xp-sp3-will-soon-be-unblocked-office-2007-sp2-to-ship-at-the-end-of-april-office-14-is-given-a-name-and-wil.htm","url_meta":{"origin":1719,"position":0},"title":"The sun sets on Windows XP, Office 2003 and Windows Server 2003 SP1 &#8211; Vista SP1 and XP SP3 will soon be unblocked &#8211; Office 2007 SP2 to ship at the end of April &#8211; Office &#8220;14&#8221; is given a name (and will be available in both 32- and 64-bit versions)","author":"Mark Wilson","date":"Tuesday 14 April 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Just in case you hadn't noticed, today is the day that Windows XP and Office 2003 end their mainstream support phase and move onto extended support - it's security hotfixes only from now on, unless you are prepared to pay. Security updates for Windows XP will continue to be issued\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Microsoft Office\"","block_context":{"text":"Microsoft Office","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/tag\/office"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":509,"url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2005\/12\/windows-server-2003-r2-is-nearly-ready.htm","url_meta":{"origin":1719,"position":1},"title":"Windows Server 2003 R2 is nearly ready","author":"Mark Wilson","date":"Friday 2 December 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"At today's \"What's New in Windows Server 2003 R2\" partner event, Annemarie Duffy, Microsoft UK's Infrastructure Server Marketing Manager, first commented that Windows Server 2003 release 2 (R2) is \"imminent\" and then said that it is planned for release to manufacturing (RTM) within the next few days. R2 is what\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Microsoft Windows Server 2003\"","block_context":{"text":"Microsoft Windows Server 2003","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/tag\/windows-server-2003"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1524,"url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2009\/09\/which-service-pack-level-is-windows-server-2008-r2-at.htm","url_meta":{"origin":1719,"position":2},"title":"Which service pack level is Windows Server 2008 R2 at?","author":"Mark Wilson","date":"Tuesday 8 September 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Those that remember Windows Server 2003 R2 may recall that it shipped on two disks: the first contained Windows Server 2003 with SP1 integrated; and the second contained the R2 features. When Windows Server 2003 SP2 shipped, it was equally applicable to Windows Server 2003 and to Windows Server 2003\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2\"","block_context":{"text":"Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/tag\/windows-server-2003-r2"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":946,"url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/11\/a-clear-virtualisation-licensing-and-support-statement-from-microsoft.htm","url_meta":{"origin":1719,"position":3},"title":"A clear virtualisation licensing and support statement from Microsoft","author":"Mark Wilson","date":"Tuesday 20 November 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"I've commented before about the licensing implications for Windows Server in a virtual infrastructure but yesterday, I was at a Microsoft partner event during which Microsoft UK's Clive Watson gave an extremely clear explanation of Microsoft's position and I thought that it was worth repeating here: The current version of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Microsoft\"","block_context":{"text":"Microsoft","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/tag\/microsoft"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1079,"url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/05\/virtual-pc-and-virtual-server-updated-to-support-the-latest-windows-releases.htm","url_meta":{"origin":1719,"position":4},"title":"Virtual PC and Virtual Server updated to support the latest Windows releases","author":"Mark Wilson","date":"Friday 16 May 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Those who thought (as I did until a few weeks back) that there would be no more Virtual Server development as Microsoft focuses its efforts on Hyper-V may be interested to hear that they have just announced an update for Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1, providing host and guest support\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Microsoft Virtual PC\"","block_context":{"text":"Microsoft Virtual PC","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/tag\/virtual-pc"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2512,"url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2011\/04\/microsoft-hyper-v-a-reminder-of-where-were-at.htm","url_meta":{"origin":1719,"position":5},"title":"Microsoft Hyper-V: A reminder of where we&#8217;re at","author":"Mark Wilson","date":"Thursday 14 April 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Earlier this week I saw a tweet from the MIX 2011 conference that highlighted how Microsoft's Office 365 software as a service platform runs entirely on their Hyper-V hypervisor. There are those (generally those who have a big investment in VMware technologies) who say Microsoft's hypervisor lacks the features to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Linux\"","block_context":{"text":"Linux","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/tag\/linux"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1719"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1728,"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1719\/revisions\/1728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}