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Status Planned for future release
Created by Guest
Created on Jan 25, 2023

Newer software support releases for HATS

HATS 9.7 is currently not supported on Windows 2019, only 2016 - this is classed as end of life for Microsoft. There have also been reliability issues with the OS, so it would be better to support this on Windows 2019. Similarly, HATS has not been tested in MS Azure - this would be good to enable deployment to the Cloud

Idea priority Low
  • Guest
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    Mar 9, 2023
    This request lacks sufficient information for us to evaluate it. It might not be considered further until it has been revised and clarified. Please provide more details about what cloud deployment options you are looking for in MS Azure - Is it Azure VM deployment or AKS deployment? or any other kind?.

    A preliminary evaluation of this request indicates that it is consistent with our business strategy. Further evaluation of this RFE is underway.
  • Guest
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    Feb 21, 2023
    A preliminary evaluation of this request indicates that it is consistent with our business strategy. Further evaluation of this RFE is underway.