2. Can I Extend the Life of a Microsoft SQL Server? If legacy applications are running well, keeping old versions of Windows Server and SQL Server around beyond year 13 is fairly low risk However, ...

As Microsoft ends support for SQL Server 2005 in April, users must upgrade or face serious risks.

Let us discuss them in detail. 1] Download SQL Server Management Studio First of all, we need to download the SQL Server Management Studio for your computer. So head to learn.microsoft.com.

Joey on SQL Server End of Support: SQL Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 Upgrade Options It's not 2008 anymore. Joey details the ins and outs of upgrading these aging Microsoft servers ...

Looking at SQL server 2005 upgrade? Learn how to save on our SQL server licensing costs with Microsoft SQL server 2014.

In SQL Server 2005, Microsoft introduced the Upgrade Advisor. This was a great idea to be able to analyze your current SQL Server in a safe environment and start the planning process of an ...

The latest features and functionality included out-of-the-box with SQL Server 2008 will allow IT managers to save a tremendous amount of money and at the same time reduce management costs, hence ...

SQL Server 2012/2014 delivers compelling new capabilities that make an upgrade worthwhile. However, along the upgrade path, companies have also discovered key obstacles to achieving the new ...

SQL Server 2008/R2 is nearing the end of Microsoft’s extended service period. We’ll cover some of the reasons that business are slow to upgrade from older releases of SQL Server, as well as ...

The only way to get extended support for 2008 versions of Windows and SQL Server is in the cloud. Here's why you should be thinking about 2012 migrations now as well.