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The final SQL Server 2008 service pack (10.00.6000, Service Pack 4) was released on September 30, 2014.<ref name="Service Pack 4">{{cite web|url=http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlreleaseservices/archive/2014/09/30/sql-server-2008-service-pack-4-has-released.aspx|website=SQL Release Services Blog|title=SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 4 has released|accessdate=October 1, 2014}}</ref>
 
SQL Server 2008 had mainstream support until July 8, 2014, and extended support until July 9, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|title=SQL Server 2008 Support Lifecycle|url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/microsoft-sql-server-2008|website=Microsoft Product Lifecycle}}</ref> [[volume licensing|Volume licensed]] Standard, Web, Enterprise, Workgroup and Datacenter editions of SQL Server 2008 are eligible for the Extended Security Updates program.<ref name=ESU4SQL(Doc)>{{cite web|title=What are Extended Security Updates for SQL Server?|url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/sql-server/end-of-support/sql-server-extended-security-updates|website=Microsoft Documentation}}</ref> The first term of yearly installment ended on July 14, 2020, the second term ended on July 13, 2021, and the third term ended on July 12, 2022.<ref name=SQL2008ESU(Blog)>{{cite web|title=Announcing new options for SQL Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 End of Support|first=Takeshi|last=Numoto|url=https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-new-options-for-sql-server-2008-and-windows-server-2008-end-of-support|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030193930/https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-new-options-for-sql-server-2008-and-windows-server-2008-end-of-support|date=July 12, 2018|archivedate=October 30, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Products_with_ESU>{{cite web|title=Lifecycle FAQ - Extended Security Updates|url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/faq/extended-security-updates|website=Microsoft Documentation}}</ref> Those volume licensed editions rehosted on [[Microsoft Azure]] automatically receivereceived ESUs until July 11, 2023.<ref name=SQL2012ESU(Reminder)>{{cite web|title=SQL Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 end of support|url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/announcements/sql-server-2012-windows-server-2012-2012-r2-end-of-support|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703155353/https://20220703155353/docs.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/announcements/sql-server-2012-windows-server-2012-2012-r2-end-of-support|date=June 29, 2022|archivedate=July 3, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=SQL2012ESU(Blog)>{{cite web|title=Know your options for SQL Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 End of Support|first=Debbi|last=Lyons|first2=Vijay|last2=Kumar|url=https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2021/07/14/know-your-options-for-sql-server-2012-and-windows-server-2012-end-of-support|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714150745/https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2021/07/14/know-your-options-for-sql-server-2012-and-windows-server-2012-end-of-support|date=July 14, 2021|archivedate=July 14, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=SQL2012ESU(Blog2)>{{cite web|title=Move end-of-support SQL Server 2012 to Azure Virtual Machines and save|first=Logan|last=Carrington|url=https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2022/03/24/move-end-of-support-sql-server-2012-to-azure-virtual-machines-and-save|date=March 24, 2022|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325031012/https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2022/03/24/move-end-of-support-sql-server-2012-to-azure-virtual-machines-and-save|archivedate=March 25, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=SQL2012ESU(Blog3)>{{cite web|title= SQL Server 2012 reaches end of support and Microsoft is here to help|first=Jessica|last=Hawk|url=https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2022/07/12/sql-server-2012-reaches-end-of-support-and-microsoft-is-here-to-help|date=July 12, 2022|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712160411/https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2022/07/12/sql-server-2012-reaches-end-of-support-and-microsoft-is-here-to-help|archivedate=July 12, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
===SQL Server 2008 R2===
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SQL 2008 R2 would be the last version of SQL Server to run on the [[Itanium]] (IA-64) platform. However, the x64 platform would continue on in force. Extended support for SQL Server on Itanium would continue until 2018. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://rcpmag.com/articles/2010/04/05/microsoft-dropping-itanium-support.aspx|title=Microsoft Dropping Itanium Support -}}</ref>
 
SQL Server 2008 R2 had mainstream support until July 8, 2014, and extended support until July 9, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|title=SQL Server 2008 R2 Support Lifecycle|url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/microsoft-sql-server-2008-r2|website=Microsoft Product Lifecycle}}</ref> [[volume licensing|Volume licensed]] Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter and Embedded editions of SQL Server 2008 R2 are eligible for the Extended Security Updates program.<ref name=ESU4SQL(Doc)/> The first term of yearly installment ended on July 14, 2020, the second term ended on July 13, 2021, and the third term ended on July 12, 2022.<ref name=SQL2008ESU(Blog)/><ref name=Products_with_ESU/> Those volume licensed editions rehosted on [[Microsoft Azure]] automatically receivereceived ESUs until July 11, 2023.<ref name=SQL2012ESU(Reminder)/>
 
===SQL Server 2012===
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SQL Server 2012's new features and enhancements include Always On SQL Server Failover Cluster Instances and Availability Groups which provides a set of options to improve database availability,<ref name="Availability Enhancements">{{cite web|url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc645581(v=sql.110).aspx|title=Availability Enhancements (Database Engine)|publisher=Msdn.microsoft.com|accessdate=June 15, 2013}}</ref> Contained Databases which simplify the moving of databases between instances, new and modified Dynamic Management Views and Functions,<ref name="Manageability Enhancements">{{cite web|url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc645579(v=sql.110).aspx|title=Manageability Enhancements (Database Engine)|publisher=Msdn.microsoft.com|date=July 13, 2011|accessdate=June 15, 2013}}</ref> programmability enhancements including new spatial features,<ref name="Aitchison2012">{{cite book|author=Alastair Aitchison|title=Pro Spatial with SQL Server 2012|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NdvJXu7hT8oC&pg=PA21|year=2012|publisher=Apress|isbn=978-1-4302-3491-3|pages=21–23}}</ref> metadata discovery, sequence objects and the THROW statement,<ref name="Programmability Enhancements">{{cite web|url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc645577(v=sql.110).aspx|title=Programmability Enhancements (Database Engine)|publisher=Msdn.microsoft.com|accessdate=June 15, 2013}}</ref> performance enhancements such as ColumnStore Indexes as well as improvements to OnLine and partition level operations and security enhancements including provisioning during setup, new permissions, improved role management, and default schema assignment for groups.<ref name="Scalability and Performance Enhancements">{{cite web|url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc645580(v=sql.110).aspx|title=Scalability and Performance Enhancements (Database Engine)|publisher=Msdn.microsoft.com|accessdate=June 15, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Security Enhancements">{{cite web|url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc645578(v=sql.110).aspx|title=Security Enhancements (Database Engine)|publisher=Msdn.microsoft.com|accessdate=June 15, 2013}}</ref>
 
SQL Server 2012 had mainstream support until July 11, 2017, and extended support until July 12, 2022.<ref>{{cite web|title=SQL Server 2012 Support Lifecycle|url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/microsoft-sql-server-2012|website=Microsoft Product Lifecycle}}</ref><ref name=SQL2012ESU(Reminder)/> All volume licensed editions of SQL Server 2012 are eligible for the Extended Security Updates program.<ref name=ESU4SQL(Doc)/> The first term of yearly installment will endended on July 11, 2023, the second term will end on July 9, 2024, and the third and final term will end on July 8, 2025.<ref name=SQL2012ESU(Blog)/><ref name=Products_with_ESU/> Those volume licensed editions rehosted on [[Microsoft Azure]] automatically receive ESUs until July 8, 2025.<ref name=SQL2012ESU(Blog3)/><ref name=SQL2012ESU(Blog2)/>
 
===SQL Server 2014===
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SQL Server 2014 is the last version available on x86/IA32 architecture.<ref name="2016 Requirements"/>
 
On Microsoft[[windows Server 2008 R2]], it is the last installable.[https://kb360.esilaw.com/knowledge-base/hardware-and-software-requirements-for-installing-sql-server-2014/]
 
===SQL Server 2016===
The official General Availability (GA) release date for SQL Server 2016 was June 1, 2016. The [[Release to manufacturing|RTM]] version is 13.0.1601.5. Service pack 2 updates the version to 13.2.5026. Service Pack 1 was released on November 16, 2016, Service Pack 2 was released on April 24, 2018, and Service Pack 3 was released on September 15, 2021.
 
SQL Server 2016 is supported on x64 processors only. It is no longer supported on x86 processors.<ref name="2016 Requirements">{{cite web|title=Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2016|url=https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143506(v=sql.130).aspx|publisher=msdn.microsoft.com|date=May 2, 2016|accessdate=July 28, 2016}}</ref>
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SQL Server 2016 is the last version to have Service Packs launched.
 
===SQL Server 2017===
Microsoft launched SQL Server 2017 on October 2, 2017, along with support for [[Linux]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/17/how-microsoft-brought-sql-server-to-linux|title=How Microsoft brought SQL Server to Linux|last=Lardinois|first=Frederic|date=July 17, 2017|website=TechCrunch|publisher=Oath Inc.|accessdate=September 5, 2017|quote=The company today launched the first release candidate of SQL Server 2017, which will be the first version to run on Windows, Linux and in Docker containers. The Docker container alone has already seen more than 1 million pulls, so there can be no doubt that there is a lot of interest in this new version.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/dataplatforminsider/2017/10/02/sql-server-2017-on-windows-linux-and-docker-is-now-generally-available/|title=SQL Server 2017 on Windows Linux and Docker is now generally available|date=October 2, 2017}}</ref>
Microsoft launched SQL Server 2017 on October 2, 2017, along with support for Linux.<ref>
{{cite web
|url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/17/how-microsoft-brought-sql-server-to-linux/
|title=How Microsoft brought SQL Server to Linux
|last=Lardinois
|first=Frederic
|date=July 17, 2017
|website=TechCrunch
|publisher=Oath Inc.
|access-date=September 5, 2017
|quote=The company today launched the first release candidate of SQL Server 2017, which will be the first version to run on Windows, Linux and in Docker containers. The Docker container alone has already seen more than 1 million pulls, so there can be no doubt that there is a lot of interest in this new version.
}}
</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/dataplatforminsider/2017/10/02/sql-server-2017-on-windows-linux-and-docker-is-now-generally-available/|title=SQL Server 2017 on Windows Linux and Docker is now generally available|date=October 2, 2017}}</ref>
 
On Microsot[[windows Server 2012]] and [[windows Server 2012 R2|2012 R2]], it is the last installable.[https://learn.microsoft.com/fr-fr/sql/sql-server/install/hardware-and-software-requirements-for-installing-sql-server?view=sql-server-ver16#operating-system-support-for-sql-server-2017]
 
===SQL Server 2019===
Microsoft launched SQL Server 2019 on November 4, 2019. SQL Server 2019 (15.x) introduces Big Data Clusters for SQL Server. It also provides additional capability and improvements for the SQL Server database engine, SQL Server Analysis Services, SQL Server Machine Learning Services, SQL Server on Linux, and SQL Server Master Data Services.<ref>{{cite web|title=What's new in SQL Server 2019 (15.x)|url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/sql-server/what-s-new-in-sql-server-ver15?view=sql-server-ver15}}</ref>
 
=== SQL Server 2022 ===
Microsoft launched SQL Server 2022 on November 16, 2022.<ref>{{Citecite web |last=Bernard |first=Andy |date=2023-02-February 13, 2023|title=Microsoft SQL Server 2022: Here's what you need to know for a successful 2023 |url=https://blog.shi.com/business-of-it/microsoft-sql-server-2022-heres-what-you-need-to-know-for-a-successful-2023/ |access-dateaccessdate=July 5, 2023-07-05 |website=The SHI Resource Hub |language=en-US}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=July 2023}} However, customers purchasing via [[Cryptographic Service Provider]] (CSP), [[OEM]], and Services Provider License Agreement (SPLA) had to purchase SQL Server 2022 starting January 2023.<ref>{{Citecite web |last=Kumar |first=Rohan |date=2022-11-November 16, 2022|title=SQL Server 2022 is now generally available |url=https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2022/11/16/sql-server-2022-is-now-generally-available/ |access-dateaccessdate=July 5, 2023-07-05 |website=Microsoft SQL Server Blog |language=en-US}}</ref>
 
==Processor support==
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