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I'm working with a smaller company. &nbsp;They have windows server 2003 installed and, due to low budget, would like to use it for a few smaller projects.<br />
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What is the current shelf life for Windows Server 2003? &nbsp;<br />
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Recommended to continue to use or really push for an upgrade?
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I'm working with a smaller company.  They have windows server 2003 installed and, due to low budget, would like to use it for a few smaller projects.

What is the current shelf life for Windows Server 2003?  

Recommended to continue to use or really push for an upgrade?

Windows Server 2003

The Microsoft Server topic includes all of the legacy versions of the operating system, including the Windows NT 3.1, NT 3.5, NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 and Windows Home Server versions.

Microsoft Server OS

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.

Windows Server 2008

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).