Web Wiz Network Status and Announcements
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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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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Shared Hosting Retiring Legacy ASP.NET Core Versions (April 2026)20 January 2026, in Shared Web HostingAt Web Wiz, we are committed to providing a secure and high-performance hosting environment for your applications. To maintain these standards, we are announcing the formal removal of several "End of Life" (EOL) ASP.NET Core versions from our shared hosting servers. What is Changing? Effective April 2026, the following legacy .NET Core frameworks will be decommissioned and removed from our shared hosting service:
After this date, applications targeting these versions will no longer run on our infrastructure. Why is this happening? The primary driver for this removal is security. These versions have long passed their official support window from Microsoft, meaning they no longer receive critical security patches. Specifically, we have seen an increase in vulnerabilities related to CSV, Remove Code Execution (RCE) and Data Injection. Older frameworks often lack the modern, built-in sanitisation libraries required to defend against leaving the website and web server vulnerable to attacks. By moving to supported versions (such as ASP.NET 8, ASP.NET 9 or ASP.NET 10), you benefit from updated security, better encryption standards, and native protection against modern injection flaws. What You Need to Do To avoid any service interruption, please take the following steps before the April 2026 deadline:
What if you can't move to a newer ASP.NET version Option 1. Self-Contained Deployment A Self-Contained Deployment means that your website will include its own copy of the .NET runtime files inside its application folder, rather than relying on the shared versions installed on our server. This ensures your site continues to work exactly as it does now, even as we remove older, unsupported versions of .NET from the server for security reasons. For further information see; How to Publish Your Site as "Self-Contained" Option 2. Move to Dedicated Web Hosting If you are unable to update your application to a newer version of ASP.NET and are happy to accept the security risks, we can provide custom hosting plans that can support legacy applications and frameworks through our Dedicated Web Hosting, for more info see; Windows Dedicated Web Hosting Classic ASP and Classic ASP.NET is NOT Affected We want to emphasise that Classic ASP and Classic ASP.NET is NOT being removed at this time. If your application relies on the following, your service will remain active:
We appreciate your cooperation in keeping our platform—and your data—secure.
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Scheduled Maintenance February 2026: Upgrading to MySQL 8.4 LTS12 January 2026, in Shared Web Hosting
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Secigo PositiveSSL Certificates: Upcoming Changes from March 202608 January 2026, in Shared Web Hosting, Hyper-V Cloud Servers, Dedicated ServersAs global standards from Google and Apple push for shorter SSL certificate lifespans starting from March 2026 (moving toward 30-day cycles), we are modernising our SSL infrastructure to ensure your sites stay secure without the risk of manual expiry. Because certificates will soon expire every few weeks rather than once a year, manual renewals are no longer a safe or viable option. To protect your uptime, we are moving to fully automated systems. 1. Shared Web Hosting Customers The Plan: Transitioning to Let’s Encrypt Automation Starting in March 2026, we will begin migrating all shared hosting accounts to Let’s Encrypt certificates.
2. Dedicated Web Hosting, Hyper-V Cloud Servers, Dedicated Server Customers The Plan: Professional ACME Management & Monitoring Dedicated environments require specialised handling to meet the new 30-day industry requirements. We are implementing an ACME (Automated Certificate Management Environment) Client on your server.
Why is this happening now? Manual renewals are becoming a thing of the past. With certificates expiring every few weeks rather than once a year, automation is the only way to prevent your website from showing "Insecure" warnings to your customers. We are making these changes now to keep your business ahead of the curve.
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Domain Price Increases - 202616 December 2025, in Domain Registration
We have been informed of pricing increases. The dates of the price increases along with the new prices are listed below.
Identity Digital Pricing increase January 16th 2026 info £24.95 mobi £44.95 GoDaddy Registry Pricing increase March 31st 2026 biz £21.95 club £21.95 design £44.95 PIR .ORG Pricing increase June 1st 2026 org £15.95 |
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Shared Hosting Database Maintenance - December 202528 November 2025, in Shared Web Hosting
We will be performing maintenance on shared hosting database servers during December 2025. This will affect both all SQL Server and some MySQL databases running on shared hosting. Start of work - At-risk period: Start Date: 1st of December Start Time: 05:00 GMT End of work - At-risk period: Risk End Date: 15th of December Risk End Time: 18:00 GMT Service Impact: Databases may be unavailable for a 15-minute period during the migration to new database servers, but will otherwise continue to function as previously. Reason:
Microsoft has discontinued the Web Edition of SQL Server. In preparation for the change in SQL Server edition, we are migrating databases to new servers and merging low-traffic database servers. |
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Shared Hosting SQL Server Price Changes - March 202626 November 2025, in Shared Web HostingThe scheduled migration to SQL Server 2025 has been postponed to prioritise system stability and data integrity.
We offer Microsoft SQL Server through the Service Provider License Agreement (SPLA). This licensing model is required by Microsoft for service providers that host software for external customers. SPLA operates on a monthly subscription model and charges based on the processor core count for SQL Server. Microsoft has announced that SQL Server Web Edition will be retired under SPLA for all future versions of SQL Server. All workloads must now migrate to SQL Server Standard Edition, which has a significantly higher per-core cost. Impact on Pricing for Shared Web Hosting
In the coming months, we will conduct maintenance on SQL Server databases to accommodate these changes and will notify customers of when this maintenance will take place. Hostnames and logins will be retained to prevent customers from needing to make adjustments to the database connection strings within their websites. If you’d like to discuss how this affects your shared web hosting plan, please contact support at; www.webwiz.net/support Thank you for your continued partnership. |
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Shared Hosting Removal of PHP 8.1 - January 202623 October 2025, in Shared Web Hosting
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Domain Price Increases - 31st March 202505 March 2025, in Domain Registration
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Domain Price Changes - 4th March 202504 March 2025, in Domain Registration
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