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Support ended for SQL Server 2016 – and so did the Microsoft subsidy

TechCentral · 18 September 2026 at 15:33

Microsoft has withdrawn the free ESU deal that made deferring SQL Server upgrades affordable, writes Ascent Technology MD Johan Lamberts.

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