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We were in the process of downloading Sage 2023 Canadian Edition on our Server 2008 R2 when a pop up appeared saying Microsoft ended their support for our Server 2008 R2 and Sage stopped supporting Sage on computers running Server 2008 R2. Does anyone know what type of server Sage supports? We obviously need an upgrade, but to what we do not know! 
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Tim Chipman · Answer

a footnote in this thread in case it helps anyone. 
 Sage runs on (basically any windows OS) and it really does not care if you have windows home edition, pro, windows server. etc. 
 Windows Server 2008 went EOL a few years ago and it is normal that microsoft have EOL / retirement plans for every version of windows the day they announce new windows product. 
 You generally need help from someone who can assist with Sage install, migration - modest scope IT project basically - for this kind of thing. It will more be about (what is your budget, what is the access requrement, how many staff, etc) that drives what direction it goes 
 Sage deploy can be anything on the spectrum of 
 (a) single user with sage on their laptop, 'it just works' 
 (b) main accountant has sage on their office desktop PC, and 2 x junior accountants on same LAN have sage, and they all share company data living on the master-pc-'server' sage computer 
 (c) RDS-term server with Sage installed, and 20 staff remote into this and use sage concurrently as they remote-telework from across the globe and drink martinis while remote working from the beach 
 clearly the install requirements for a>b>c scenario are different. But in all cases your sage install is not really so terribly different. Just all the icing around the edges about how you run sage, from where, how many people etc. that makes the deploy config for a given environment really all that much different.

Erzsi_I · Answer

Hi Krysta McLeod , Thanks for reaching out. Did you ever find an answer to your question? The article for Sage 50 CA 2023 System Requirements lists that this version is optimized for Windows 10 and Windows 11. Dedicated server recommended: Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2. The last version that had Server 2008 R2 listed, was for Sage 50 version 2020. The below details are from our archived article for Sage 50 version 2020's system requirements: 
 
 " Note to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Users: Microsoft will end support for Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 as of January 14, 2020. Any Sage 50 updates released after this date will not have been tested for compatibility with Windows Server 2008 or 2008 R2" 
 
 Sage 50 Pro Accounting 2020 and Sage 50 Premium Accounting 2020 System Requirements 
 
 Multiuser (Premium and higher) optimized for Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. Dedicated server recommended: Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Small Business Server 2008 R2. 
 Terminal Services: Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2

Quantum and Accountant Edition 
 
 Multi-user (Premium and higher) optimized for Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. Dedicated server recommended: Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Small Business Server 2008 R2 
 Terminal Services: Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2

Hope this helps, Warm Regards, Erzsi

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