Customers cannot grant a virtual windows computer license. You must authorize the full physical server. Licensing requirements for advanced on-site security updates are consistent with licensing requirements for insurance software coverage or underlying subscriptions. Customers just need to know their Windows Server license position for a specific server to know how many extended Security Update licenses they need. Shadow IT is a term that refers to applications and infrastructure managed and used without the knowledge of the company`s IT department. Shadow IT Assessment is a structured commitment that helps customers discover Shadow IT. The evaluation uses Microsoft Cloud App Security to evaluate the use of cloud applications and services within an organizational network. Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 reached the end of their support lifecycle on January 14, 2020. Windows Server Long Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) offers support of at least ten years – five years for general support and five years for advanced support. This support includes regular security updates.
For the councillors in the crowd who read this… As far as I interpret it, you need a software insurance contract on this server operating system…. or you need to move this server instance to an Azure virtual computer. For past end-of-support events, SQL Server has provided only critical security updates that meet our customers` compliance criteria. SQL Server does not send a general monthly security update. Microsoft only provides SQL Server (GDRs) security updates for MSRC`s Security Update Guide, here SQL Server is identified as a affected product. All customers must call Microsoft support to deal with a technical assistance incident. Service Hub no longer displays the 2008 SQL Server version in the drop-down list. Migrate your old SQL and Windows Server servers with instructions, resources and tools. Use Azure Database`s new migration service to move SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 to Azure`s managed SQL database instance without any application code changes or with few application code changes.