ITSC eNewsletter, Issue 159 - The End is Near - Windows Server 2003 End-of-Life

	ITSC eNewsletter, Issue 159 02 Apr, 2015
	1. Decommissioning of CUHK Student Webmail System and Student 'alias@cuhk.edu.hk' 2. Why Having CUHK OnePass System? 3. Add Value to Your Print Account Online Easily 4. University Health Service Online Booking System Enhanced 5. Avoid Using Wildcard Server Certificate 6. Buy Notebook Computers for Your Department with New Reference Tender 7. The End is Near - Windows Server 2003 End-of-Life 8. Before Traveling Abroad for Work / Conference / Holiday 9. Feature: Keeping Information Safe with eServices Firewall Service Back to this issue

7. The End is Near - Windows Server 2003 End-of-Life

As mentioned in early 2014, Microsoft Windows Server 2003 will reach its end-of-life on 14 July 2015. You will no longer receive any support, patches or security updates from Microsoft after this date.

In a survey conducted in Oct 2014, most departmental IT staff have indicated that they already had plans for the upgrade or retirement of Windows Server 2003 before the deadline. In Nov 2014, a technical session was also conducted to brief departmental IT staff on how to migrate Windows Server 2003 to a newer platform such as Windows Server 2012.

Apart from upgrading or retiring your Windows Server 2003, departments may alternatively also contact ITSC for hosting solutions, such as Special Virtual Machine (VM) Service.

For enquiries, please write to ITSC Service Desk at http://servicedesk.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk.

Feel free to contact us if you need to subscribe to Special VM Service due to EOL of Win Server 2003

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