For decision-makers
CIO Hub
You need to approve a provider migration, set up a procurement, or budget a security project, without spending days on groundwork first. The articles on this page deliver ready-to-use working materials for exactly these situations: emails ready to send, question catalogs for contracts, requirement specifications for tenders, and management templates with budget line items. Copy, adapt, use.
Must-act calendar
Deadlines and end-of-life dates that force decisions: from the HIN platform changes to the support endings of the major vendors. If one of these dates affects your environment, now is the time to plan.
Overdue 6 support endings already passed: check for immediate action
Jul 14, 2026 SQL Server 2016: end of support
Vendor support ends; plan and budget the migration or replacement.
Check lifecycle →Aug 14, 2026 HIN platform renewal: firewall approvals
Firewall approvals for the new HIN platform must be in place by this date so that Access Gateway version 4 works from August 17.
Aug 31, 2026 Debian 11 (Bullseye): end of support
Vendor support ends; plan and budget the migration or replacement.
Check lifecycle →Sep 14, 2026 HIN: hardware tokens and HIN Client migrated
Deadline for migrating hardware tokens and the HIN Client to the renewed platform; the mail gateway is not affected and will be replaced separately.
from Q3 2026 HIN Stargate: mail gateway replacement
Stargate replaces the current HIN mail gateway; the broad rollout starts in Q3 2026. Planning early means choosing your migration path instead of rushing it.
Oct 1, 2026 Exchange Online: EWS retirement
Exchange Web Services will no longer be available in Exchange Online from October 1, 2026; integrations and scripts must be migrated to Microsoft Graph before then.
Details →Jan 12, 2027 Windows Server 2016: end of support Urgent
Vendor support ends; plan and budget the migration or replacement.
Check lifecycle →Jun 1, 2027 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: end of support
Vendor support ends; plan and budget the migration or replacement.
Check lifecycle →Oct 12, 2027 SQL Server 2017: end of support
Vendor support ends; plan and budget the migration or replacement.
Check lifecycle →Jun 30, 2028 Debian 12 (Bookworm): end of support
Vendor support ends; plan and budget the migration or replacement.
Check lifecycle →Jan 9, 2029 Windows Server 2019: end of support
Vendor support ends; plan and budget the migration or replacement.
Check lifecycle →May 31, 2029 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS: end of support
Vendor support ends; plan and budget the migration or replacement.
Check lifecycle →No dates for this selection.
Product lifecycles automatically from endoflife.date, as of the last site build. Dates without guarantee; the vendors' own statements prevail.
Templates and guides
The first templates will appear here shortly.
Tools you can use right now
Mail DNS Check
Check a domain's MX, SPF, DKIM, DMARC, and more in seconds.
Mail Header Analyzer
Trace an email's delivery path and authentication from its header, 100% locally in your browser.
Analyze a header →Command Builder
Assemble DNS, SMTP, TLS, LDAP and network commands for PowerShell or the shell, built-ins first.
Build a command →HIN Check
Is an email address reachable securely via HIN? Checks the mail domain against HIN's directory.
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