Planning a Confluence Upgrade
Review the installed version, application compatibility and testing plan before changing production.
Lifecycle
Separate the App and Platform Support Decisions
Keep separate receipts for platform maintenance and application eligibility.
A Runtime Upgrade Needs a Workload Receipt
Capture the executable each workload actually starts.
Which Deadline Governs Your Database?
Keep a named owner and a dated decision for every database.
Your .NET Upgrade Can Pass CI and Still Miss November’s Support Deadline
.NET 8 LTS and .NET 9 STS leave Microsoft support on 10 November. A new SDK and a green build do not prove the production application has moved.
A Windows 10 Exception Runs Out at October’s Patch Tuesday
Windows 10 Enterprise and IoT LTSB 2016 get their final regular security update on 13 October. Paid ESU needs edition-specific keys, prerequisite patches and activation testing.
Changing the Remote Desktop App Will Not Save an AVD Classic Deployment
The last Remote Desktop MSI support exception ends on 28 September. AVD Classic itself retires on 30 September. Moving users to Windows App cannot migrate Classic host pools.