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Hardware ills: If you are running Windows Server , chances are very good that hardware is a decade old or older, which means it is long out of support from the vendor and also well past its recommended operational life. You run the risk of high failure rate, which could mean lost data, and good luck getting replacement parts. Operational costs : If you are running an eight to 12 year old server, then it's an old bit server with barely any power management at all.

Server vendors didn't get the power management religion until a few years later. Those old servers are inefficient and likely unvirtualized, and running at very low utilization. So in addition to being vulnerable they are also highly undesirable. People in fields impacted by this regulation will likely shut you out and refuse interconnections. Software compatibility issues: As mentioned previously, Windows Server is a bit OS, and virtually everything is bit now, from device drivers to apps.

Companies are abandoning bit apps for bit apps. So don't expect to update your old apps. Data breaches: All one needs to do is look at what the Home Depot and Target breaches did to those companies.

That should be motivation enough to migrate. But those firms were big enough to recover. A smaller company might not be. Microsoft is ending support for Windows Server, but the apps running on the server are just as much at risk. Maurice McMullin, product marketing manager with KEMP Technologies, which does WS migrations, said there are two major risks to apps: it may not be maintained by the developer and a company may or not have the resource in house to maintain it.

If the app falls over, who's there to support it? The implications are if they don't migrate, they are exposed on the app side and may not have the resources to fix it. The other thing is from external risks that may be discovered after support ends," he said. Many companies not making the migration cite cost as the reason; either they can't afford it or they haven't got the budget this year but will later in the year or next year.

If you are in such a scenario, you should still begin preparing for the eventual move and not wait until you have the money to begin planning. That way you have a plan ready for execution when the funds are there. Bit9 recommends several steps in the process:. Don't do it alone: A smooth transition to a new platform will require full buy-in and agreement from any and all impacted stakeholders. That means not just the IT department, but the business units impacted and the budgeting finance team.

Dedicate time for project scoping: The average migration project will take over days to implement, from assessment, to migration, to debugging. You're not just copying files, there is much more to the migration. Getting started with group-managed service accounts.

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