Platform Forward Group· 2 min read
Exchange 2016 and 2019 have thirteen days
The paid Exchange 2016 and 2019 security updates end October 31, with no third period. The October 13 patch was the last one. Count the servers before the month does.
#exchange#eol#security
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Four Microsoft clocks stop on Tuesday
October 13 ends Office LTSC 2021, Server 2022 mainstream support, Windows 10 ESU year one and the last year of Server 2012 ESU. One query sorts the estate before then.
#microsoft#eol#planning
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Two runtimes, one deadline
.NET 8 and .NET 9 both leave support on November 10. Thirty-eight days out, the job is inventory and a build farm test, not a rewrite.
#dotnet#eol#inventory
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Fifteen days of Server 2012
The final extended security updates end October 13. If those boxes are still on the network, this is the two-week playbook, not the two-year one.
#windows-server#eol#security
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MySQL 8.0 support ended in April; count your instances
Oracle extended support for MySQL 8.0 ended on April 30, 2026, and most estates still run it somewhere. The census, the triage and the two dates that matter now.
#mysql#eol#inventory#databases
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The Java 8 deadline nobody circled
Temurin now lists Java 8 as available until at least December 2030. The cliff is not coming, and the bundled JREs in your appliances were never going to take the updates anyway.
#java#eol#inventory
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Debian 11 runs out on Monday
Bullseye's Long Term Support ends August 31st, five years after release, per Debian's own lifecycle page. The OS inventory has it in two places nobody lists: the base images and the appliances.
#debian#eol#inventory
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SharePoint 2016 and 2019 lost support on July 14
Two versions, one date, and the farm still runs. Find the farms, name an owner per farm, then pick a destination per farm instead of per estate.
#sharepoint#eol#inventory
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The Windows 10 estate: year-two math
Consumer ESU runs out in October. Enterprise ESU doubles every year. If the fleet is still on 10, the spreadsheet decides this one.
#windows#eol#planning
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SQL Server 2016 has ninety days
Extended support ends July 12, 2026. The one-week triage for anyone starting late.
#sql-server#eol
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Put January 2027 on the wall now
Windows Server 2016 extended support ends January 12, 2027. Thirteen months is exactly enough time, which means it is almost too late.
#windows-server#eol#planning