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Cluster migration on WindowsForum.com covers the practical work of moving compute workloads off retiring Microsoft infrastructure. The current focus is Microsoft's retirement of HPC Pack, the Windows-based high-performance computing scheduler, which enters a one-year retirement period with a deadline of August 27, 2027. Administrators running Windows Server compute clusters on HPC Pack face decisions about where those jobs go next, whether that means Azure HPC services, hybrid arrangements, or alternative schedulers. Discussion centers on planning timelines, assessing on-premises and hybrid deployments, and understanding what Microsoft's end-of-support announcement means for existing clusters.
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    Microsoft Retires HPC Pack: Windows Server HPC Migration Deadline Is August 27, 2027

    Microsoft is retiring HPC Pack, its Windows-based job scheduler for high-performance computing. No newer version is coming. Customers who still run Windows Server compute clusters with it now have less than a year to decide where their workloads go next. The announcement appeared on Microsoft's...
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