Each fully support Itanium, support the recently-released Itanium 9300 (“Tukwila”) processor, and Microsoft’s support for these products will continue – following the Microsoft Support Lifecycle Policy. Each of these products represent the state of the art of their respective product lines.
SQL Server 2008 R2 and Visual Studio 2010 are also the last versions to support Itanium.Ĭurrent support for Itanium remains unchanged. Windows Server 2008 R2 will be the last version of Windows Server to support the Intel Itanium architecture. Having been involved in Windows Server support for Alpha processors in the past, and seeing many of the early chapters of 64-bit Windows Server written on Intel’s Itanium architecture, it’s with a sense of nostalgia that I pass on some important news. I’ve written previously about 64-bit and Windows Server and the long, steady adoption of 64-bit computing over the years.
