Microsoft says Windows Server 2016 will stop receiving security updates after it reaches the end of support in January 2027.

Windows 11 26H2 gains ConfigMgr 2603 and 2609 support, updated Intune settings, stricter upgrade requirements, and major CMG changes.

SQL Server on Azure Local is generally available. Review disconnected deployment requirements, separate licensing, and recovery planning before adopting it. Microsoft has made SQL Server on Azure ...

Windows Server 2016 reaches its Extended End Date on 12 January 2027, when free security patches stop. A UK mid-market IT director running 2016 hosts has three realistic routes: an in-place upgrade to ...

Microsoft will begin reporting Azure revenue in dollars for the first time, providing more clarity about its business that competes with Amazon Web Services. The company is trimming the number of ...

Azure Arc-enabled ESUs provide security updates for Windows Server 2016 through January 2030. Organizations can enroll eligible servers without moving workloads to Azure VMs. Azure Arc adds ...

If you build apps on a cloud database, you know the friction. To develop and test locally, you either point your app at a shared cloud instance, with slow round trips, noisy neighbors, and ...

SQL Server 2016 reached end of support on July 14, 2026, after slightly more than a decade. Existing installations and application connections can continue running, so the deadline does not switch ...

SQL Server 2016 reached end of support on July 14, 2026, ending a product lifecycle that lasted slightly more than 10 years. Microsoft previously ended mainstream support for the database platform on ...

SQL Server 2016 läuft nach dem 14. Juli technisch weiter. Der wichtige Unterschied liegt bei Wartung, Sicherheit und Support. Microsoft liefert außerhalb der ESU-Abdeckung keine regulären ...

As of today, July 14, 2026, SQL Server 2016 has reached end of support. For the past decade, SQL Server 2016 has helped organizations run mission-critical applications and support the data needs of ...

When my friend and Directions on Microsoft‘s editor-in-chief Mary Jo Foley wrote in late May that Azure Linux 4.0 would be available for bare-metal servers and virtual machines (VMs), I thought, “I’m ...