Explore your options for Windows Server and SQL Server end of support and how to stay protected and compliant with Microsoft. Stay covered with three additional years of Extended Security Updates.

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Azure Synapse Link for SQL: Previously, moving data from on-premises databases, like SQL Server, to Synapse required using extract, transform, and load (ETL). Configuring and running an ETL pipeline ...

For SQL Server and Windows Server 2012 or 2012 R2, you’ll get free ESUs on Azure until July 12, 2025; Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 extended support goes away on October 10, 2026.