Windows 2008 Support is Ending; What's Next for Ektron Customers?

With the end of support for Windows 2008 and 2008 R2 coming up in early 2020, customers of both Episerver and Ektron platforms may find themselves somewhat relieved to know that there are positive options that will help you move past this concern and onto a more up-to-date system with more capabilities and, for some, a more reliable and consistent upgrade path.

My colleague, David Knipe, wrote a wonderful piece addressing EOL for Windows 2008 for Episerver customers running older versions, so, naturally, I decided to piggy-back on his awesome work (as usual) and provide similar coverage for Ektron customers. For implications of retiring support for a specific version of Windows, here are David's comments.

If you are running an older version of Episerver then your site may be running on a version of Windows that is affected. This means you may be in a situation where Microsoft does not support the operating system your Episerver site is running. This means the operating system itself may be vulnerable to security threats or bugs in Windows that will not be fixed. 

If you are running a recent version of Episerver then you are probably not affected, however some older versions of Episerver could run on Windows Server 2008 so you will need to check if you are affected using the list below.

Ektron customers who are running older versions or perhaps have updated the CMS without simultaneously updating the server operating system to newer versions, similar concerns will apply.

The following Ektron versions will be directly impacted:

• Ektron CMS 8.0.x
• Ektron CMS 8.5
• Ektron CMS 8.6

Your Options for Ektron

Your Options for Episerver