Windows Server 2008 — Sp2 -x86-x64-
If your business relies on it, treat migration as a critical risk-management project. If you are studying it, admire the engineering that kept NT 6.0 alive for over a decade. Quick Reference Card | Edition | Max RAM (x86) | Max RAM (x64) | Hyper-V? | End of Life | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Web Server | 4 GB | 32 GB | No | Jan 14, 2020 | | Standard | 4 GB | 32 GB | No | Jan 14, 2020 | | Enterprise | 64 GB | 2 TB | Yes | Jan 14, 2020 | | Datacenter | 64 GB | 8 TB (SP2) | Yes | Jan 14, 2020 | | Itanium | N/A | 2 TB | No | Jan 14, 2020 | Need to extract data from an old WS2008 SP2 machine? Consider booting a live Linux USB to image the drive, or use the Windows Backup utility to write to an external SATA drive. Never connect an unsupported OS directly to the internet.
Released: March 2009 (SP2) | End of Mainstream Support: January 13, 2015 | End of Extended Support: January 14, 2020 Introduction Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 represents a significant milestone in Microsoft’s server operating system history. Built on the same kernel as Windows Vista (NT 6.0), Server 2008 was the final Microsoft server OS to offer a native x86 (32-bit) edition. With SP2, Microsoft delivered a rollup of updates, new features, and reliability improvements that made this platform a workhorse for nearly a decade.