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This is insane for a number of reasons. Who the fuck would want to use a 15 year old release?
I decommissioned multiple 2008R2 hosts in the past couple of years and at least one 2008.
If the business had it their way they would keep using them forever because they don't want to pay any money or figure out a solution that lets them access historical data on a modern platform..
I'm sure i'm not alone. I'm positive older hosts are running out there at all kinds of orgs large and small. This isn't just a windows problem either. The weakest link is still probably some refrigeration controller with an internet connection.
You should have seen the panic back in 2017 when my team found a cluster of Server 2003 running at a hospital.
The client thought it was fine.
Reminds me of when a client walked in to the help desk I work at the other day with a 2015 Macbook Pro still running El Capitan. I upgraded her to Monterrey - it’s been EOL for a year, but it’s better than sending her away with El Capitan. Monterrey is the best I can do since OCLP would be outside our policy.