Explore your options for Windows Server and SQL Server end of support and how to stay protected and compliant with Microsoft. Stay covered with three additional years of Extended Security Updates.

Given that SQL Server 2008 is at the end of the Extended Support, the best incentive that Microsoft Azure offers is that you will get free security updates for 3 more years after the end of support.

Microsoft has reminded Windows Server 2012 and SQL Server 2012 users that the products will reach their extended support end dates during the next two years, urging them to update to avoid ...

Its lifecycle is still based on Microsoft's old policy. That is, the product lifecycle of .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 is still based the underlying Windows product lifecycle and will lose ...

The support for SQL Server 2014 will formally end on July 9, 2024, although an “Extended End Date” of July 12, 2027, is also indicated by Microsoft’s lifecycle support page.

The Extended Security Updates plans may seem somewhat familiar as Microsoft had begun selling a support offering called "Premium Assurance plans for SQL Server and Windows Server" last year.

Learn how to use the SQL Server registry to get extended security updates for your end-of-support and end-of-life SQL Server products, such as SQL Server 2008, and SQL Server 2008 R2. Microsoft ...

The end of extended support for SQL Server 2005 is scheduled for April 12, 2016. It takes several months to plan and execute a SQL Server migration, according to Microsoft. Microsoft's technical ...