No more CUs for that major version of SQL Server. From now on, I don't want to see any of you deploying that version. Focus on 2016, 2017 or 2019. Yes, we support 2019 in production.

Customers Put Microsoft Technology to the Test Customers working with pre-release versions of Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Visual Studio .NET and Microsoft SQL Server 64-bit say that the ...

Microsoft is aiming to launch two of its key enterprise server families of products -- the next version of SQL Server and the next versions of its System Center family of systems management wares ...

Additional Linux Support While just Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is supported now, Microsoft's FAQ suggested that it may add support for "SUSE, Solaris, and HP-UX" Linux operating systems in the future.

Canonical said it and Microsoft will provide joint support for Ubuntu with Microsoft SQL Server that’s deployed on-premises or through the Azure Cloud Marketplace for mission-critical workloads.

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.