If you’re doing fine as is, an upgrade can wait, but functionality will wane as time goes by. 2. Can I Extend the Life of a Microsoft SQL Server? If legacy applications are running well, keeping old ...

Readers help support Windows Report. We may get a commission if you buy through our links. This means that server administrators are left with only one choice: Upgrading to Windows Server 2012. The ...

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While the upgrade process is better technically ... The financial component is that both SQL Server and Windows Server have changed their licensing models since 2008 to core-based licensing.

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With Windows Server 2012 R2 coming to its end ... and folders intact. (Even SQL services can survive the upgrade process.) Microsoft has made sure that the in-place installation option is ...

If you’re still running SQL Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 or 2012 R2, you have a little more time to plan ahead for upgrading. Extended support for SQL Server 2012 (including the R2 ...