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 ...

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SQL Server, Microsoft's flagship operational database, has been around for over a quarter century now. That has meant successive waves of innovation for the platform, but has also made for ...

Depending on the version and edition of SQL Server, you can install SQL Server on a supported Windows or Linux operating system. This documentation outlines the specific operating systems on which the ...

It's not 2008 anymore. Joey details the ins and outs of upgrading these aging Microsoft servers, including licensing changes, support options and potential pitfalls. It was a simpler time. A decade ...

While support from ISVs is important, if your vendor isn't keeping up-to-date with releases of Windows and SQL Server, you may need to make the difficult decision to move on without the vendor's ...

Microsoft is integrating AI features directly into SQL Server for the first time. The new version also brings JSON support ...

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.