

Many customers are taking advantage of Azures commitment to security and compliance and have moved to Azure to protect their Windows Server 2008 SP2 workloads with free Extended Security Updates.įor customers who need additional time to upgrade and modernize their devices running Windows Server 2008 SP2 on Azure, we offer one additional year of Extended Security Updates on Azure only, beginning Februand ending on January 9, 2024. Windows Server 2008 SP2 Extended Security Updates third and final year of ESU ended on January 10, 2023. Verify that you have installed the required updates in the How to get this update section before installing this update.


Operating systems in extended support have only cumulative monthly security updates. As of July 2020, optional non-security releases for this operating system are no longer offered.
