The Finish Line: Windows Server 2025 and SQL Server 2025 Express
Same trick, newer platform: the final hop to Windows Server 2025 and SQL Server 2025 Express, raising the compatibility level to 170, and keeping it patched from now on.
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Modernising a 20-Year-Old Application, Step by Step
How we moved a records-management system from Windows Server 2003 and SQL Server 2005 to Windows Server 2025 and SQL Server 2025, with no source code and no application changes.
Stage 1 in Practice: Windows Server 2008 R2 and SQL Server 2008 R2
In Part 1 we mapped the application and planned the route. This part covers what happened when we actually moved it: a corrupt backup, a .NET version surprise, and a login problem that looked like a wrong password but wasn't quite.
Read articleThe Starting Point: Discovery, Design and Planning
A records-management system on Windows Server 2003 and SQL Server 2005, no source code, no documentation, and nobody willing to touch it. Here's how we mapped it and planned a safe route to a supported platform.
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