

These offers make Azure the most cost-effective place to run SQL Server and Windows Server. Customers can combine this with Azure Hybrid Benefit to save big on Azure by using existing on-premises SQL Server and Windows Server licenses on the cloud with no additional cost. Migrate to Azure, run securely with free Extended Security UpdatesĬustomers can migrate applications and SQL Server databases to Azure Virtual Machines, and get free Extended Security Updates for three years after end of support, only in Azure. These benefits include SQL Server 2012 Extended Security Updates, Windows Server 20 R2 Extended Security Updates, and one additional year of extended support for Windows Server and SQL Server 20 R2 only on Azure. In addition to the great features included in SQL Server and Windows Server, today we are announcing new benefits giving customers more flexibility and choice for modernization, so they stay secure while modernizing their entire IT estate. Windows Server 20 R2 Extended Support will end on October 10, 2023.SQL Server 2012 Extended Support will end on July 12, 2022.

SQL Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012, and 2012 R2 End of Extended support is approaching: This can lead to the potential for compliance gaps for workloads that still rely on these versions and create missed opportunities to apply innovation to business-critical workloads. While new innovations keep lighting up in the latest releases of SQL Server and Windows Server, support for older versions along with security updates will eventually end. In March of 2021, we announced Windows Server 2022 in preview, which thousands of customers are already previewing for their workloads. Similarly, customers like CadDo are combining SQL Server 2019 with Windows Server 2019 to take advantage of advanced multi-layer security, hybrid capabilities, and enhancements to modernize applications with containers. With SQL Server, customers like Itaú Unibanco are taking advantage of the built-in intelligence, industry-leading performance, and security across both structured and unstructured data. Customers trust Windows Server and SQL Server for their business-critical workloads.
