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Update: SQL Server Upgrade Rollback and Service Restoration02 March 2026, in Shared Web HostingThe scheduled maintenance window to upgrade our database infrastructure to SQL Server 2025 has concluded. Following the deployment, our automated validation systems identified critical stability issues and environment compatibility conflicts that did not emerge during initial staging. To ensure the continued reliability of our hosting platform and to prevent a prolonged service outage, the decision was made to perform an immediate Emergency Rollback to our stable SQL Server 2022 environment. Impact on Data Restoration Point: Databases have been restored to the last verified stable snapshot taken at 07:00 GMT Any data written to the platform between 07:00 and 15:00 was caught in the compatibility conflict and could not be safely migrated back to the stable environment. Technical Root Cause During the final phase of the upgrade, we observed unexpected behaviour in the 2025 engine's interaction with our multi-tenant resource management layer. These stability issues posed a high risk of database corruption and intermittent connectivity for shared hosting tenants. Reverting to SQL Server 2022 was the only path to guarantee 100% data integrity moving forward. We sincerely apologise for the data loss and the disruption to your operations. Our priority remains the absolute stability of your hosted services.
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Windows Server Updates - February 202611 February 2026, in Shared Web Hosting, Hyper-V Cloud Servers, Dedicated Servers
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Planned Maintenance: Upstream Provider (GTT)06 February 2026, in Network, Data Centre
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Scheduled Maintenance March 2026: Upgrading to SQL Server 202503 February 2026, in Shared Web HostingThe scheduled migration to SQL Server 2025 has been postponed to prioritise system stability and data integrity.
As part of our commitment to providing the latest technology and improved performance, we will be upgrading our shared hosting database environment from SQL Server 2022 Web Edition to SQL Server 2025 Standard Edition. Why the Change? This upgrade is driven by Microsoft’s announcement that SQL Server Web Edition has been discontinued and is no longer available in the SQL Server 2025 release. To ensure our users have access to the most up-to-date features and security patches, we are migrating all users to the more robust Standard Edition. The change will also allow us to remove the requirement of only using shared hosting SQL Server databases with websites. Important: Action Required for Classic ASP Websites Our testing has identified a significant performance change in how Classic ASP (ADO) interacts with the SQL Server 2025 engine. The default ADO CursorType, adOpenForwardOnly (0), has been found to be significantly slower in this new environment. To prevent application latency and slow page loads, we strongly recommend that all Classic ASP developers update their Recordset Open methods to use adOpenStatic (3). Old/Slow Implementation; rsCommon.Open strSQL, adoCon, 0 New/Recommended Implementation; rsCommon.Open strSQL, adoCon, 3 We recommend applying this change to your connection scripts prior to the maintenance window to ensure a seamless transition. Maintenance Schedule The upgrade is scheduled to take place during the following window: Dates: 2nd of March 2026 Daily Time Window: 05:00 AM – 08:00 AM GMT Impact on Services During the maintenance window, SQL Server services will be restarted. You may experience brief intermittent connectivity issues for approximately 5 minutes while your database is migrated. Web services (IIS) will remain online, but database-driven pages may be temporarily unavailable during that time.
Price changes Please see; Shared Hosting SQL Server Price Changes - March 2026 |
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Scheduled Maintenance - Critical Power Infrastructure Refresh22 January 2026, in Data Centre, Domain Registration, Shared Web Hosting, Hyper-V Cloud Servers, Dedicated Servers, Colocation Services
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