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Making Legacy Legendary
Automating the Stateful Re-Install of Legacy Windows Server Apps on a Modern Server The advantages of a stateful re-install How do you move forward with re-installing legacy Windows Server applications on new servers? Quite likely, install scripts are missing,...
If Operational Agility is Critical for Business Success…
Why does it feel like Vogons are running outsourced IT operations? Science Fiction has been at the forefront in the development of new technology. The genre has directly influenced technology via movies such as “The Minority Report” and “iRobot” and the works of...
Welcome to 2019!
An Exciting Year for Windows Server Technology There’s something exciting about a new year, a new beginning. Everything gets refreshed. New plans, new budgets, new projects. For a while, we all stop procrastinating and we embrace possibilities and the future. The year...
Thar She Blows!
Spying the Spout of Hyperbole Surrounding Windows Docker Containers To get to the meat of the matter: using Windows Docker Containers (WDCs) as a solution to running legacy Windows Server applications on WS2016 is simply a whale of a myth. But first: we believe in...
Containers Are Not a Windows Server Migration Panacea
Why Containerization Alone Won’t Solve the Problem of Running Legacy Applications on Modern Windows Servers When it comes to moving workloads to a cloud-hosted VM or to new datacenter servers, companies are being sold that containerization is a panacea. It isn’t. At...
The Lingering Impact of the 2008 Recession on Tech Modernization – a Way Forward
For the last several months, I’ve been trying to understand why so many large organizations continue to run on technology stacks that are more than a decade old. Everyone will know by now that Extended Support for WS2008 will come to an end on Jan. 14, 2020. Common...
January 14, 2020: The End of Extended Support for WS2008. What to Do About it?
As a heads up to those running older Windows Servers, Extended Support for WS2008 will come to an end in approximately one year (Jan. 14, 2020). So, what should you be doing about it now? At the minimum… …You should start planning for the date, get budget together,...
Can You Run Legacy Windows Server Applications in WS2016 Containers?
Over the last decade, we’ve seen more than one hype cycle around software containers. Clearly, both Docker Swarms and Kubernetes container technology are generating excitement and gaining followers in the Linux world. Based on recent Docker and Microsoft...
When it comes to server modernization, doing nothing isn’t a zero cost strategy
For more than 36 months, VirtaMove has been urging customers to perform server modernization - to move legacy Windows Server applications to modern Window Server platforms running WS2012 and WS2016. Why? Because running applications on operating systems that are out...
Why Migrating Windows Server Applications By Hand is Hard!
Let’s begin at the beginning: at the start of the life cycle of a Windows Server application. Applications begin life for a specific version of the Windows operating system; for example, WS2003 or WS2008. They’re installed on a server using an install script, which...