End of Support
End of support forces organizations to decide how long existing SQL Server platforms can remain viable. These articles examine risk, upgrade and migration options, support alternatives, and the operational realities behind lifecycle decisions.
SQL Server 2016 End of Support: Upgrade, Migration, Azure or ESU is the wrong first question
In many SQL Server environments, the SQL Server 2016 end-of-support discussion starts at the wrong level. The first conversation is often already about upgrade, migration, Azure, or Extended Security Updates, although there is no reliable inventory of the instance, the applications around it, SQL Agent jobs, reporting dependencies, vendor boundaries, ...
