Fun fact: The outdated software runs on outdated hardware, too.
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In January 2021, Microsoft pushed a kb that would make your server reboot constantly if it was running server 2012 and was either a domain controller or a hyperV host.
Guess how many domain controllers went down that day.
Yeah but domain controller so hard to migrate and so sensitive! Better let them rot on old unsupported software versions!
i mean yeah but bean counters up top want me solving the current emergency (caused by similar forms of neglect from years ago)
ill get to it when it breaks i guess
So fight bean counting with bean counting
Best formula is average employee pay × number of employees × time to fix = money lost.
The trick is to find a solution that is lower than money lost.
Say 20 employees at €35/h for 4 hours. €2800 is how much the company lost in wages.
You will find bean counters are more acceptable to a €5000 server over 5 years if it prevents €2800 of lost wages per patch Wednesday.
i wish i was in a good position to argue them out of their dumb greed.
Please tell me that was a bad patch and not on purpose
Who knows? :D