• Aceticon@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    I’m truly, totally, completely shocked … that Windows is still being used on the server side.

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      7 days ago

      A bunch of enterprise services are Windows only. Also Active Directory is by far the best and easiest way to manage users and computers in an org filled with a bunch of end users on Windows desktops. Not to mention the metric shitload of legacy internal asp applications…

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          17 hours ago

          No not really. It does the various services for the most part, but Active Directory is exclusively a Microsoft product. Group Policy in particular also does not have a drop in replacement that’s any sort of sane.

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    7 days ago

    Since rolling back to the previous configuration will present a challenge, affected users will be faced with finding out just how effective their backup strategy is or paying for the required license and dealing with all the changes that come with Windows Server 2025.

    Accidentally force your customers to have to spend money to upgrade, how convenient.

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      7 days ago

      Congratulation, you are being upgraded. Please do not resist. And pay while we are at it.