Has the development of classic ASP been stopped at Microsoft side and if yes, when?

Yauheniya Seliazniova 6

Dear Microsoft team,

we have an application, which was developed with classic ASP. We have found the information, that ASP.NET is the successor of classic ASP.
The question is, has the development of classic ASP been stopped at Microsoft side and if yes, when? Or is classic ASP still a part of ASP.NET?

Thank you!

Kind regards
Yauheniya Seliazniova

3 answers

Sam of Simple Samples 5,546 Reputation points

2021-05-10T18:51:37.087+00:00

See Classic ASP Not Installed by Default on IIS 7.0 and above. ASP is not a part of ASP.NET, they both are parts of IIS.

And do not confuse development with support. Microsoft still supports ASP.
Please sign in to rate this answer.

1 person found this answer helpful.

0 comments No comments
Sign in to comment

Use comments to ask for clarification, additional information, or improvements to the question.
Deleted

This answer has been deleted due to a violation of our Code of Conduct. The answer was manually reported or identified through automated detection before action was taken. Please refer to our Code of Conduct for more information.
2 deleted comments

Comments have been turned off. Learn more
Alex F 0 Reputation points

2024-06-18T23:57:40.0033333+00:00

I'm just forced to pinpoint, again, the core Problem of this planned deprecation: a lot (really) of mission-critical corporate intra/extranet, health and banking webapps, as well as government agencies tools are using Classic ASP still perfectly fine and running in production.

As they were highly customized and tailor made, they cannot be rewritten nor migrated to .NET, Node.JS, PHP, even in 10 years.

Classic ASP must absolutely remain functional, or the consequences in REAL LIFE will really be numerous. Putting at risk so much worldwide services, companies, and people is just unthinkable, and this decision must be rethinked by the IIS team.

All of the people still needing Classic ASP can sign this petition that is kindly addressed to Microsoft : https://chng.it/dLrrYsYbCL
Please sign in to rate this answer.
Lex Li (Microsoft) 5,662 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2024-06-19T03:03:43.5266667+00:00

You might want to evaluate Windows Server 2025 yourself, as the latest preview build does support classic ASP just like previous releases.

Alex F 0 Reputation points

2024-06-19T23:27:24.64+00:00

@Lex Li , the point is not that Windows Server 2025 can support Classic ASP. The point is that Microsoft sadly plans to deprecate it from 2027 or 2029 versions of Windows Server, and THAT cannot be handled by the numerous existing and perfectly-running countless websites and corporate intranets.

Lex Li (Microsoft) 5,662 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2024-06-20T04:49:06.0666667+00:00

Appreciate your efforts to promote the campaign, but there are things you might pay attention to as they might invalidate your point,

"Microsoft sadly plans to deprecate it from the 2027 or 2029 versions of Windows Server" doesn’t make any sense to me. Do you have any reference to an official Microsoft statement, or is this just an assumption?

I'm not convinced by vague statements like "numerous existing and perfectly-running countless websites and corporate intranets" because:

Microsoft has its own channels to collect feedback and telemetry on products through various enterprise and corporate programs. Accurate numbers (sites/users) collected through these channels are more reliable than "numerous" and "countless." Key decisions on Microsoft products are often driven by these data.

"Perfectly running" is questionable. Recent changes to Windows security and sophisticated network security risks have introduced compatibility issues for classic ASP users, as observed on the internet from time to time. Additionally, classic ASP lacks the security features of newer frameworks like ASP.NET/ASP.NET Core, making sites more vulnerable to attacks unless the web app codebase is thoroughly updated.

Deleted

This comment has been deleted due to a violation of our Code of Conduct. The comment was manually reported or identified through automated detection before action was taken. Please refer to our Code of Conduct for more information.

Deleted

This comment has been deleted due to a violation of our Code of Conduct. The comment was manually reported or identified through automated detection before action was taken. Please refer to our Code of Conduct for more information.
Sign in to comment

Use comments to ask for clarification, additional information, or improvements to the question.

Share via

Has the development of classic ASP been stopped at Microsoft side and if yes, when?

3 answers

Your answer