Summary Microsoft has just clarified some of the more confusing elements of SQL Server licensing and opened up some major benefits to customers. The big catch is that you need to purchase SA to ...

Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2, as well as SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2, are due to move out of extended support over the next few years—SQL Server in July 2019 and Windows Server in January 2020.